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Huefner, Jonathan C.; Ringle, Jay L.; Chmelka, M. Beth; Ingram, Stephanie D. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2007
Objective: The number of youth in residential care programs who have been abused is high. The relationship between childhood abuse victimization and adult intimate partner violence (IPV) is well documented. This study compared the rates of IPV 16 years after individuals had participated in a long-term residential care program with individuals…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Statistical Data, National Norms, Children
Scott, Sheryn T. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2007
This study assesses the differential and combined impacts of multiple lifetime stressors in the development and severity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. One hundred and four clinical and 64 nonclinical participants were assessed for their exposure to four types of interpersonal trauma: physical and sexual abuse in childhood,…
Descriptors: Severity (of Disability), Sexual Abuse, Family Violence, Children

Edleson, Jeffrey L. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1999
Expands common definitions of how children witness adult domestic violence through a review of 31 research articles. A variety of behavioral, emotional, and cognitive-functioning problems among children were found to be associated with exposure to domestic violence. Factors that appear to moderate the impact of witnessing violence (child abuse,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Abuse, Children, Family Violence

Culross, Patti L. – Future of Children, 1999
Summarizes health care approaches to identifying and treating child and adult victims of domestic violence. Describes innovative programs that tie children's well-being to that of their mothers and proposes strategies for improving current health care system responses. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Family Violence, Health Services
Currie, Cheryl L. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Objective: The first objective of this study was to determine if children exposed to domestic violence were significantly more likely to be cruel to animals than children not exposed to violence. The second was to determine if there were significant age and gender differences between children who were and were not cruel to animals. Method: A…
Descriptors: Children, Family Violence, Animals, Age Differences
Cochran, Donald; And Others – 1994
Research indicates a national trend of increasing violence among the juvenile population. This study examines and profiles adolescent restraining order defendants in one state. The study includes all adolescent defendants between the ages of 11 and 17 who had a restraining order issued against them during a 10-month period. This study examined the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Children, Criminals
Newberger, Eli H.; And Others – 1991
Clinical approaches to child sexual abuse have been constrained by limited knowledge of the family dimensions of the problem. This study compared the psychiatric responses of women with and without sexual abuse histories to disclosures of their children's sexual abuse, and assessed the relationship of these histories to the nature of the child's…
Descriptors: Children, Family Violence, Mothers, Self Disclosure (Individuals)
Societal Change and Change in Family Violence from 1975 to 1985 as Revealed by Two National Surveys.

Straus, Murray A.; Gelles, Richard J. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1986
Compares the rate of physical abuse of children and spouses from a 1975 study with rates from a 1985 replication. The 1985 rates were substantially lower than in 1975. Possible reasons for the lower rates are examined and evaluated. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Battered Women, Child Abuse, Children, Family Violence

Fontes, Lisa Aronson – Professional School Counseling, 2000
Discusses the effects on children of exposure to marital violence and several ways school counselors can intervene to protect these children and help them benefit more from school. Urges counselors to be on the lookout for this problem and to actively intervene to help identify and assist all children affected by marital violence. (Contains 37…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role
Malchiodi, Cathy A., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2008
Rich with case material and artwork samples, this volume demonstrates a range of creative approaches for facilitating children's emotional reparation and recovery from trauma. Contributors include experienced practitioners of play, art, music, movement and drama therapies, bibliotherapy, and integrative therapies, who describe step-by-step…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Grief, Play Therapy, Crisis Intervention
Jarvis, Kelly L.; Novaco, Raymond W. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2006
Few studies have examined the adjustment of battered women and their children after exiting domestic violence shelters. Participants were 62 women who had endured severe partner abuse, completed a shelter program with their children, and resided in the community for at least 6 months. Field interviews concerned mothers' and children's abuse…
Descriptors: Children, Family Violence, Females, Emergency Shelters

Trickett, Penelope K.; Kuczynski, Leon – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Investigates children's misbehaviors and parental discipline strategies in families with abusive and nonabusive parents. Twenty abusive families with children between 4 and 10 years old and a matched control group of 20 families participated. Behavior of abusive parents and their children was more aversive than that of the control families.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Abuse, Children, Discipline
Johnson, Caitlin – 2002
Recent studies suggest that children who witness violence in their homes and neighborhoods may not be as resilient as medical and mental health specialists once believed. This article presents an interview with Betsy McAlister Groves, director of the Child Witness to Violence Project at the Boston Medical Center, one of the first programs in the…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Children

Levendosky, Alytia A.; Graham-Bermann, Sandra A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1998
Utilizes sheltered battered women (n=60) and their 7- to 12-year-old children and nonsheltered women (n=61) and their children, to examine the potential moderating effects of maternal parenting stress on children's adjustment in homes with varying levels of domestic violence. Results indicate that children's adjustment was predicted by parenting…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Battered Women, Child Rearing, Children

Groves, Betsy McAlister – Future of Children, 1999
Summarizes findings about the effects of domestic violence on children and reviews issues related to the identification and assessment of such children. Discusses the goals and models of service delivery, intervention approaches, and what is known about the effectiveness of these therapies. Addresses some challenges in working in this field. (SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods, Family Violence