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The effects of domestic violence on children have a tremendous impact on the well-being and developmental growth of children witnessing it. Children can be exposed to domestic violence in a multitude of ways and goes beyond witnessing or overhearing, [ 1 ] although there is disagreement in how it should be measured. [ 2 ]
Child neglect, often overlooked, is the most common form of child maltreatment. [1] Most perpetrators of child abuse and neglect are the parents themselves. A total of 79.4% of the perpetrators of abused and neglected children are the parents of the victims, and of those 79.4% parents, 61% exclusively neglect their children. [2]
Witnessing violence and threats against a caregiver during early years of life is associated with severe impacts on a child's health and development. Outcomes for children include psychological distress, behavioral disorders, disturbances in self-regulation, difficulties with social interaction, and disorganized attachment. [77] Children who ...
Effects of domestic violence on children – dysfunctions in the physical, behavioral, emotional, and social areas of life which affect their well-being, child development, teen dating experiences, future domestic situations and mortality.
During this stage, the abuser attempts to dominate their victim. Outbursts of violence and abuse occur which may include verbal abuse [5] and psychological abuse. [6] In intimate partner violence, children are negatively affected by having witnessed the violence, and the partner's relationship degrades as well. The release of energy reduces the ...
Children may be subjected to violence on TV, in movies and in music, and that violence may come to be considered "normal". [2] The breakdown of the family unit, poor or nonexistent relationships with an absent parent, as well as debt, unemployment, and parental drug/alcohol abuse may all be contributing factors to abuse.
Children exposed to domestic violence are likely to develop behavioral problems, such as regressing, exhibiting out of control behavior, [8] and imitating behaviors. Children may think that violence is an acceptable behavior of intimate relationships and become either the abused or the abuser. [ 9 ]
Trauma, Violence, & Abuse is abstracted and indexed in MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, and the Social Sciences Citation Index.According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2019 impact factor is 6.325, ranking it 1st out of 44 journals in the category "Social Work", [1] 1st out of 47 journals in the category "Family Studies", [2] and 2nd out of 69 journals in the category "Criminology & Penology".