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Seven, Richard – Teacher Magazine, 2001
Describes a nonprofit K-6 school for children whose families are homeless or struggling with serious personal and financial situations. The location is secret, because most of the students come from single-parent families experiencing domestic violence. Children are given a stable environment, intensive academic and emotional support, help moving…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Family Violence, Homeless People
Saunders, Daniel G. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2004
The typology studies reviewed in the Holtzworth-Munroe and Meehan article make considerable methodological and substantive contributions to the field. There are several definitional, conceptual, and methodological advances that can be explored in this work. Macroframeworks such as the nested ecological model and the theory of triadic influence…
Descriptors: Ecology, Models, Classification, Males
Gennetian, Lisa A.; Lopoo, Leonard M.; London, Andrew S. – National Poverty Center, University of Michigan, 2007
We examine how changes in maternal work hours affect adolescent children's school participation and performance outcomes using data from interviews in 1998 and 2001 with 1,700 women who in May 1995 were welfare-reliant, single mothers of adolescents living in disadvantaged neighborhoods in four urban counties. We find unfavorable effects of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Physical Health, Family Violence, Neighborhoods

Wolfe, David A.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1985
Evaluated behavior problems and social competence in 198 children, 4-16 years old, from violent and nonviolent families. Mothers rated children's behavior and completed measures of family violence and maternal stress. Children of battered women were rated significantly higher in behavior problems and lower in social competence than were controls.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Battered Women, Behavior Problems, Children
Harris-Hendriks, Jean; Black, Dora; Kaplan, Tony – 2000
Children bereaved by the death of one parent at the hands of the other, almost always the father, in effect lose both parents, and are often forgotten in the midst of such dramatic situations. Reflecting the increased interest in child protection and child law systems, this book brings to public knowledge information about the effects of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bereavement, Children, Childrens Rights

Stephens, Debra Lynn – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1999
Investigates why some caretakers act to protect their children from domestic violence while others show passivity. Two themes emerged through interviews with 26 women victims of domestic violence who had children: adultification of children, and psychological traps involving the batterer's role in the children's lives. Intervention recommendations…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Child Abuse, Children, Family Violence
Tishler, Carl L.; Bartholomae, Suzanne; Katz, Bonnie L.; Landry-Meyer, Laura – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2004
Mediation is an essential component of custody evaluation and reconciliation services in domestic courts. Data from 306 couples with and without a reported history of domestic violence (DV) who were ordered to attend an assessment for mediation were analyzed to determine differences in the mediation process. More than one third reported a history…
Descriptors: Courts, Family Violence, Alcohol Abuse, Peer Mediation
Lichter, Erika L.; McCloskey, Laura A. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2004
Children exposed to marital violence in childhood are at risk for engaging in dating violence as adolescents or young adults. Using a longitudinal prospective design, mother--child pairs from violent and nonviolent homes (N = 208) were interviewed about exposure to marital violence twice over a 7--9 year time span. Responses to questions about…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dating (Social), Family Violence, Longitudinal Studies
Fergusson, David M.; Boden, Joseph M.; Horwood, L. John – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Objective: This paper examines whether exposure to interparental violence in childhood predicts subsequent involvement in interpartner violence and violent crime after controlling for potentially confounding factors. Method: The investigation analyses data from the Christchurch Health and Development Study, a prospective, longitudinal study of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Victims of Crime, Young Adults, At Risk Persons
Baker, Corinne – 1990
This practicum took place at a spouse abuse shelter located in a county classified as urban in the southeast United States. It was found that once a family left the shelter, support groups were not available to help the children with feelings related to living in a home where domestic violence has occurred. Most of these children were already…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Behavior Change, Children, Family Violence
Bankowski, Z., Ed.; Carballo, M., Ed. – 1985
This document provides highlights and recommendations of a conference on battered children and child abuse sponsored by the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) and the World Health Organization (WHO). In a discussion of the nature of the child abuse problem, the history of child maltreatment is briefly reviewed and…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Children, Definitions

Adams, Bert N. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1988
Examines how "Journal of Marriage and the Family" has changed over past 50 years. Reviews development of field of family studies in areas of children and youth, sexuality, marital adjustment, divorce, and violence. Assesses progress and prospects of family field in several areas. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Divorce, Family (Sociological Unit)

Erdiller, Zeynep B. – Journal of Early Education and Family Review, 2003
Uses social learning theory to examine the possible effects of parental domestic violence on children who witness it in their home environment. Examines the short-term and long-term influence of witnessing parental violence on children's development, including aggression among peers during childhood and adolescence, as well as in dating…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Children, Dating (Social)

Widom, Cathy Spatz – Science, 1989
Discussed is a project to compare a sample of 20-year-old abuse and neglect cases to a matched control group to determine the extent to which these groups have perpetuated the violence cycle. Findings are reported that show increased risk of adult violence for formerly abused children. (CW)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Child Abuse, Child Neglect

Sternberg, Kathleen J.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1993
Parents and children completed measures that assessed children's behavior problems and depression. Children had experienced abuse, witnessed spouse abuse, experienced and witnessed abuse, or experienced no domestic violence. Reports of effects of domestic violence on children varied, depending on the type of violence and the person reporting it.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Abuse, Children, Depression (Psychology)