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Adams, Jane; And Others – Reclaiming Children and Youth: Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, 1995
Reports the responses of families in Kansas who live with a seriously emotionally disturbed and violent child. Contains interview responses to specific questions posed to family members about how they counter the child's aggression, how they deal with acting out, how they de-escalate tension, how they rebuild the caring bonds, and how they manage.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Children

Fantuzzo, John W.; Stevenson, Howard C.; Weiss, Andrea D.; Hampton, Virginia R.; Noone, Megan J. – School Psychology Review, 1997
Professionals in schools are a major source of child maltreatment reports nationally. Review of literature indicates these professionals contribute only a small amount of school-based research data to the understanding of consequences of child physical abuse and neglect or maltreatment of child victims. Presents strategic multisystems approach for…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Caregivers, Children, Family Violence
Mandell, David S.; Walrath, Christine M.; Manteuffel, Brigitte; Sgro, Gina; Pinto-Martin, Jennifer – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2005
This study describes the characteristics of children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) receiving treatment in community mental health settings. Data from a national community mental health initiative was used to identify children who had received a primary diagnosis of ASD. These children were compared with children with other diagnoses on…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Mental Health
Goodwillie, Susan, Ed. – 1994
This report provides testimony from children and adolescents who have experienced violence, along with testimony and comments from child advocates, legislators, government officials, educators, and youth leaders on violence and its effects on American youth. The report includes background information on the Children's Express Foundation (CE), a…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adolescents, Advocacy, Childhood Attitudes
Edington, Linda M.; And Others – 1991
Only recently have providers of services to battered women and abused children begun to look at the connection between these two populations. This manual is a tool for any adult who comes in contact with children of battered women. Its purposes include: giving basic information about battered women and describing how this abuse and violence…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Battered Women, Child Abuse, Children
American Bar Association, Chicago, IL. Public Education Div. – 1989
With marriage laws in a state of flux, it is difficult to give unqualified answers to many of the serious and important questions people ask about law and marriage. To a great extent, each state is sovereign in the laws affecting marriage. Courts are playing an active role in defining and changing the legal consequences of marriage and other…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Custody, Children, Cohabitation
Gelles, Richard J.; Edfeldt, Ake W. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1986
Interviews with nationally representative samples of American (N=1,146) and Swedish (N=1,168) families revealed no significant differences between the countries in reported severe or abusive violence toward their children, in spite of the passage of an antispanking law in Sweden. In general, Swedish parents reported using less violence than…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Comparative Analysis, Corporal Punishment

Oz, Sheri; Fine, Marshall – Journal of Adolescence, 1988
Obtained data from 39 teenage mothers and 35 teenage non-mothers regarding their demographic and childhood backgrounds. Results revealed that compared to non-mothers, teenage mothers tended to have experienced foster care, family violence, parental substance abuse, lower educational achievements, as well as violence, alcohol abuse, and lower…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Background, Children, Comparative Analysis

Kilpatrick, Kym L.; Williams, L. M. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1998
A study examined variables that might mediate the incidence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in 20 Australian child witnesses (ages 6-12) to domestic violence. Results found PTSD was not mediated by maternal emotional well-being, age and gender of the child, or the child's style of coping with parental conflict. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Anxiety, Children, Coping

Christoffersen, Mogens Nygaard – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2000
Explored the role of parental unemployment as a risk factor for abuse and neglect of Danish children between 6-18 years old. Found that incidences of abuse or neglect were seen most often in families suffering from: father's neurotic disorder; diminishing social networks; violence in the family and parental criminality; mother's alcohol or drug…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Children, Family Characteristics
McGuigan, William M.; Middlemiss, Wendy – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005
This study investigates the cumulative impact of sexual abuse in childhood and adult interpersonal violence in the past year on depressive symptoms in a nonclinical sample of 265 primarily African American (74%) women. The frequency of depressive symptoms, measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), was highest for…
Descriptors: Females, Sexual Abuse, Family Influence, Children
Riesen, Yuriko; Porath, Marion – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2004
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among global self-worth (GSW), competencies in various domains, discrepancy between these perceptions of competence and their ratings of importance, and perceived social support of children who were exposed to marital violence using Harter's (1985a, 1985b) theoretical model. Participants…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Behavior, Peer Relationship, Children
Rossman, B. B. Robbie; And Others – 1994
While once thought to be oblivious to parental violence, child witnesses to parental violence are now considered to be at risk as victims of both chronic trauma and psychological maltreatment. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among childrens' parental violence history, cognitive skills, processing of social information,…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Emotional Development
Hickey, Elizabeth; Dalton, Elizabeth A. – 1994
Divided into three parts, this book was written to foster healing for divorcing parents and to help divorcing couples support their children. Part one deals with interpersonal issues and individual growth. The reader is lead through the personal processes of divorce; actions parents can take to help themselves and their children adjust to the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Child Custody, Childhood Attitudes

Besharov, Douglas J. – Public Interest, 1986
Child advocates have succeeded in getting child abuse recognized as a serious social problem requiring governmental response. Ironically, this success now threatens the viability of child abuse programs: 65 percent of all reports are ultimately dismissed. This flood of unfounded reports violates parental rights and overwhelms the limited resources…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Children