Children's Witnessing of Adult Domestic Violence

Edleson, Jeffrey L.

doi:10.1177/088626099014008004

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“…17,[27][28][29][30] Children who live in homes with intimate partner violence (IPV), as well as other physical and verbal fighting in the home between family members, have higher rates of externalizing behaviors as well as clinical disorders. 27,28,[30][31][32][33][34] Emotion regulation and effortful control, two neurocognitive outcomes linked to externalizing behavior, are also compromised by IPV, with evidence suggesting that parenting can mediate this effect. 35 Such effects may be long lasting, with adults who were exposed to IPV and/or experienced physical maltreatment in childhood at increased risk for perpetrating IPV in adulthood.…”

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Role of Direct and Indirect Violence Exposure on Externalizing Behavior in Children

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The objective of this study was to examine the association between externalizing behaviors and indirect violence exposure, assessed both within the household and at the community level, as well as the interaction effect of indirect and direct violence exposure. A sample of parents of children ages 4-15 who have not been referred or enrolled in child welfare (n = 82) were recruited from the greater New Orleans community. Externalizing behavior was assessed with the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). The child's indirect exposure to violence included witnessing community violence, witnessing physical assault, and witnessing fighting or domestic violence at home. Direct exposure to violence included the child experiencing physical aggression from a caregiver. All assessments were based on caregiver reports. To decrease potential for confounding, children were matched for analysis based on age, Hurricane Katrina exposure, and their propensity to be exposed to high indirect violence. Cumulative indirect exposure to violence was significantly positively correlated with CBCL scores. After controlling for key covariates, CBCL externalizing T score increased significantly by approximately 1.25 points for each level increase in indirect violence exposure (β = 1.25, SE = 0.57, p = 0.027). There also was a significant interaction between indirect and direct exposure to violence in the association with CBCL score (β = −0.08, SE = 0.03, p = 0.002). These findings extend previous research by demonstrating that exposure to both direct and cross-contextual indirect violence influences externalizing behaviors in children. Additionally, the findings suggest that community and household social environments are both important targets for interventions designed to decrease externalizing behaviors and improve longterm outcomes for youth at risk of exposure to violence.KEYWORDS Childhood exposure to violence, Cumulative exposure to violence, Indirect exposure to violence, Direct exposure to violence, Community violence, Household violence, Child physical aggression, Child externalizing behaviors BACKGROUND

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“…La situación es aún más grave si tenemos en cuenta que, tal y como señalan numerosas investigaciones, existe una estrecha relación entre la violencia a la pareja y el maltrato infantil en sus diferentes manifestaciones físicas, psicológicas o sexuales, encontrándose esta asociación en entre el 30 y el 60% de los casos (Chang, Theodore, Martin y Runyan, 2008;Edleson, 1999;Goddard y Bedi, 2010;Herrenkohl, Sousa, Tajima, Herrenkohl y Moylan, 2008).…”

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La Exposición a Violencia De Género Y Su Repercusión en La Adaptación Escolar De Los Menores

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Martínez²,

Castrillo

2015

Bordón. Revista De Pedagogía

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“…Findings document that partner abuse and child abuse frequently co-occur (for a review, see Herrenkohl, Sousa, Tajima, Herrenkohl, & Moylan, 2008). Although witnessing violence between parents may be considered maltreatment in and of itself (or at least potentially traumatic), literature reviews point to high co-occurrence rates (30%-60%) of documented child maltreatment and IPV (Edleson, 1999). Several factors are associated with the co-occurrence of child abuse and IPV, including lower socioeconomic status, lower parental education levels, unemployment or lower occupational status, substance use in the family, mental illness in caregivers, parenting stress, greater number of children or larger household size, and neighborhood violence (Herrenkohl et al, 2008).…”

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Vulnerability and protective factors for child abuse and maltreatment.

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Violence Against Women and Children, Vol 1: Mapping the Terrain.

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Child abuse occurs across cultures and societies, remaining a critically important public health and policy issue due to its myriad detrimental outcomes. A substantial body of research now focuses on identifying vulnerability and protective factors that moderate children's risk of abuse in the hopes of being able to understand the mechanisms underlying why and how abuse occurs and to prevent it from happening in the future. Although a comprehensive review of all possible vulnerability and protective factors of child abuse is beyond the scope of this chapter, we describe key findings from the empirical literature organized around three major sections: (a) individual (e.g., gender, gender identity/orientation, age, disability status), (b) parental and familial context (e.g., parental abuse history, parenting practices, substance abuse, co-occurring intimate partner violence [IPV], family composition), and (c) environment and social network factors (e.g., poverty, neighborhood structure, community social support, religion, cultural identity). To understand vulnerability and resilience, we draw on studies that have used diverse sampling strategies (e.g., national surveys from the general population, clinical samples, university students) and methodologies (e.g., retrospective self-report and interviews, review of medical and child welfare records, prospective study designs). Finally, we discuss future directions for, and policy implications of, this body of research.

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Children's Witnessing of Adult Domestic Violence

Cited by 667 publications

References 72 publications

Role of Direct and Indirect Violence Exposure on Externalizing Behavior in Children

Role of Direct and Indirect Violence Exposure on Externalizing Behavior in Children

La Exposición a Violencia De Género Y Su Repercusión en La Adaptación Escolar De Los Menores

Vulnerability and protective factors for child abuse and maltreatment.

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