Domestic Violence and Children

Physical and psychological symptoms and learning difficulties in children of women exposed and non-exposed to violence: a population-based study

“…(Svedin et al 2005) also reported that mothers rated their children's health as better than the children did. As discussed earlier, children who live in families with domestic violence are often themselves abused by the perpetrator (Edleson 1999;Hornor 2005). There is no information about this in our study.…”

“…It has also been shown that the merely witnessing domestic violence affects children's physical and mental health as much as being subjected to it themselves (Hornor 2005). Externalised and internalised behavioural problems have been related to witnessing domestic violence.…”

Community Based Family Support Services for Families at-Risk: Services Rendered by Child and Family Welfare Organisations

“…More than half of the respondents thus did not offer support groups for women experiencing domestic violence, although according to research (Hazen, Connelly, Kelleher, Landsverk & Barth, 2004;Horner, 2005;Jones, Gross & Becker, 2002) domestic violence correlates strongly with the incidence of child abuse and neglect.…”

Alteraciones psicológicas en menores expuestos a violencia de género: prevalencia y diferencias de género y edad.

“…Los resultados obtenidos en comparación con población normal apoyan la idea de que los niños y niñas testigos de violencia de género presentan una serie de problemas conductuales y emocionales graves, como indican otros autores (Edleson, 1999;Hornor 2005;McFarlane et al, 2003;Mitchell & Finkelhor, 2001;Rivett et al, 2006;Skopp et al, 2005;Sternberg et al, 2006;Sullivan et al, 2004;Wolfe et al, 2003). Por otro lado, coincidiendo con Bair-Merritt et al (2006), Grych et al (2000), Jaffe et al (2002), Kernick et al (2003), Kitzmann et al (2003), Margolin & Vickerman (2007), y Sternberg et al (2006), los problemas que presentan son tanto internalizantes (ansiedad/depresión, retraimiento, quejas somáticas) como externalizantes (agresividad).…”

“…Existen numerosos estudios que informan de manera consistente de una serie de problemas conductuales y emocionales en niños y niñas testigos de violencia doméstica (Edleson, 1999;McFarlane, Groff, O'Brien, & Watson, 2003;Mitchell & Finkelhor 2001;Rivett, Howarth, & Harold, 2006;Skopp, McDonald, Manke, & Jouriles, 2005;Sternberg, Baradaran, Abbott, Lamb, & Guterman, 2006;Sullivan, Egan, & Gooch, 2004;Hornor, 2005;Wolfe, Crooks, Lee, McIntyreSmith, & Jaffe, 2003). Sternberg et al (2006) apuntan que los menores expuestos a violencia de género tienen una probabilidad dos veces mayor que los menores no expuestos de presentar problemas internalizantes o emocionales (ansiedad, depresión y somatizaciones), y externalizantes o problemas de conducta (conducta no normativa y agresión).…”