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Isserlis, Janet – 2000
English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) practitioners are familiar with adult learners' stories of disruption, political trauma, and mental upheaval. Until recently, however, little attention has been paid to personal trauma and domestic abuse. Acknowledgement of the prevalence of violence generally, and of that experienced by those in the adult ESL…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), Family Violence
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Reid, Sherry A.; Glasser, Michael – Academic Medicine, 1997
A survey of 83 primary care physicians found less than half felt family violence was a significant problem in their patient populations. Almost all saw a need for education about violence during medical training, but many would not participate. One-quarter were trained to diagnose domestic violence. Family and female physicians were more…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Educational Needs, Family Violence
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Maughan, Angeline; Cicchetti, Dante – Child Development, 2002
Examined the effects of child maltreatment and interadult violence on children's developing strategies of emotion regulation and socioemotional development, and the role of emotion dysregulation in mediating the link between children's pathogenic relational experiences and behavioral outcomes for 3- to 6-year-olds. Found that maltreatment history…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Child Abuse, Coping, Depression (Psychology)
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Stets, Jan E. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1990
Examined relationship between verbal and physical aggression in marriage, using data from 1985 National Family Violence Re-Survey. Results indicated that when physical aggression occurred, verbal aggression occurred also. Concludes that for male-to-female aggression subculture of violence theory best explains movement from verbal to physical…
Descriptors: Aggression, Battered Women, Causal Models, Conflict
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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
Durka, Gloria – Momentum, 1995
Provides background information on family violence, including both physical mistreatment and sexual abuse, and discusses the role which schools can play in responding effectively to such violence. Includes suggestions designed to assist educators in preventing family violence, identifying its victims, and speeding the healing process. (MAB)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Crime, Family Violence, Public Service
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Canada, Geoffrey – Young Children, 1995
Discusses strategies the government should employ to end violence in the streets: create a Peace Officer Corps, reduce demand for drugs, reduce the prevalence of domestic violence and of child abuse and neglect, reduce violence on television and in movies, and reduce and regulate possession of handguns. (HTH)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Drug Abuse
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Fulmer, K. Alison – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1991
This article examines the role of Canadian teachers and schools in cases of family violence and argues that the educative function requires viewing the child in the context of the family and community. Interdisciplinary curricula are described, and suggestions are provided for teaching all children nonviolent conflict resolution strategies.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Conflict Resolution, Curriculum, Educational Sociology
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Gianakos, Irene – Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 1999
Discusses how battered women's experiences with their abusive partners may interfere with their abilities to successfully complete career-related decisions and behaviors. Suggests a developmental framework for services, stressing self-efficacy expectations, as a starting point for both service delivery and empirically based research studies.…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Career Counseling, Decision Making, Family Violence
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Weis, Lois; Marusza, Julia; Fine, Michelle – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1998
Argues that all types of violence are deeply embedded inside poor and working-class white communities, specifically domestic violence. Indicates that many poor and working-class females are socialized into a code of silence that perpetuates the abuse cycle. States that educators and schools must break the silence and confront domestic violence.…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Child Abuse, Economically Disadvantaged, Emotional Response
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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
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Fergusson, David M.; Horwood, L. John – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1998
An 18-year longitudinal study explored relationships between retrospective reports of exposure to interparental violence in childhood and rate of psychosocial adjustment problems in 1,265 New Zealanders. Participants who reported exposure to interparental violence had elevated rates of adjustment problems at age 18, including mental-health…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Delinquency, Emotional Disturbances
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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
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Chartas, Nicole D.; Culbreth, John R. – Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, 2001
This study explored the philosophical issues hindering the linkage of substance abuse and domestic violence treatment. Results suggest that counselors tend to use treatment models that could not concurrently assign responsibility and address either present or past victimization. (Author)
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Client Relationship
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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
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