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Citation

Spilsbury JC, Kahana S, Drotar D, Creeden R, Flannery DJ, Friedman S. Violence Vict. 2008; 23(1): 3-17.

Affiliation

Case School of Medicine, and Mental Health Services for Homeless Persons, Inc., Cleveland, OH, USA. jcs5@case.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18396578

Abstract

Unlike previous investigations of shelter-based samples, our study examined whether profiles of adjustment problems occurred in a community-program-based sample of 175 school-aged children exposed to domestic violence. Cluster analysis revealed three stable profiles/clusters. The largest cluster (69%) consisted of children below clinical thresholds for any internalizing or externalizing problem. Children in the next largest cluster (18%) were characterized as having externalizing problems with or without internalizing problems. The smallest cluster (13%) consisted of children with internalizing problems only. Comparison across demographic and violence characteristics revealed that the profiles differed by child gender, mother's education, child's lifetime exposure to violence, and aspects of the event precipitating contact with the community program. Clinical and future research implications of study findings are discussed.


Language: en

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