Assessing child exposure to adult domestic violence

Edleson, Jeffrey L.; Ellerton, Amanda L.; Seagren, Ellen A.; Kirchberg, Staci L.; Schmidt, Sarah O.; Ambrose, Amirthini T.

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2006.12.009

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“…Potential participants were screened over the telephone by the first author to explain the interview process and to determine whether they met sampling criteria. Although intimate partner violence also includes abuse by women against men and same-sex partners, the focus was on the experience that most children are exposed to where a man is using coercive control to perpetrate violence against an adult woman (Edleson et al, 2007;Stark, 2007). Patterns of violence included physical, verbal, sexual, and financial.…”

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“…Patterns of violence included physical, verbal, sexual, and financial. Childhood exposure was defined as being within sight or sound of the violence or witnessing the aftermath of the violence (e.g., mother's injuries, property destruction, police intervention to remove the abuser, moving to a domestic violence shelter) (Edleson et al, 2007). Interviews were conducted in the first author's University office.…”

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Adult Daughters of Victimized Mothers: Navigating Relationships with Fathers Who Abuse

Anderson¹,

Roach²

2017

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This article reports on a qualitative study that examined how adult daughters (N=17) of victimized mothers navigate relationships with fathers/stepfathers who abuse their intimate partners. Through the use of purposive sampling and the grounded theory method, participants' intentional decision-making involved upholding self-preservation while distinguishing relationship boundaries with their abusive father figures. Three adult daughter-father relational categories emerged depicting the tenuous balance between maintaining self and engaging in paternal contact: self-defend, self-sustain, and self-transcend. Each grouping included key emotional, cognitive and behavioral processes for adult daughters in regard to relationship commitment, support, and contact with their fathers/stepfathers. This study's findings contribute to a gap in knowledge regarding possible processes and consequences for adult daughters in negotiating relationships, including caregiving assistance, with partner-abusive fathers/stepfathers. Such knowledge informs the feminist, child development and fathering literature and opens up possibilities for further study in domestic violence research.

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Adult Daughters of Victimized Mothers: Navigating Relationships with Fathers Who Abuse

Anderson¹,

Roach²

2017

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“…Between 7 and 14 million children and youth are exposed to adult domestic violence each year (Edleson et al, 2007). In addition to witnessing the violence between their parents or a parent and partner, it is estimated that child abuse occurs in 30% to 60% of domestic violence cases (Appel & Holden, 1998;McKibben, DeVos, & Newberger, 1998).…”

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Occupational Therapy Services for Individuals Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence

Javaherian-Dysinger¹,

Underwood²

2011

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy

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The primary purpose of this statement is to define the role of occupational therapy and the scope of services available for survivors and families who have experienced domestic violence. The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) supports and promotes the use of this document by occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, and individuals interested in this topic as it relates to the profession of occupational therapy.

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“…In addition to perhaps experiencing physical violence and injury because of physically intervening between parents, many children experience abuse directly (Edleson et al, 2007;Gelles & Straus, 1979). Domestic violence research shows a 30-60% overlap, and in the case of severe intimate partner violence, sons are more at risk of child abuse than girls (Jouriles et al, 2008).…”

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Nonviolent Adult Sons of Abused Women: Ending the Cycle of Violence

Anderson¹,

Danforth²,

First³

2017

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This grounded theory inquiry aimed to elicit nonviolent adult sons' (N=13) perceptions of what helped them to recover from childhood exposure to domestic violence (CEDV). Analysis of participants' transcripts revealed five important themes related to this transformation process: 1) committing to a life of nonviolence, 2) understanding and accepting the realities of their childhood, 3) choosing to forgive parents, 4) navigating adult child-parental contact and 5) accessing informal and formal support networks. This study's findings may be translated by helping professionals into prevention efforts and intervention strategies for male child witnesses to stop the cycle of violence.

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Assessing child exposure to adult domestic violence

Cited by 108 publications

References 30 publications

Adult Daughters of Victimized Mothers: Navigating Relationships with Fathers Who Abuse

Adult Daughters of Victimized Mothers: Navigating Relationships with Fathers Who Abuse

Occupational Therapy Services for Individuals Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence

Nonviolent Adult Sons of Abused Women: Ending the Cycle of Violence

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