Citation

Christopoulos C, Cohn DA, Shaw DS, Joyce S, Sullivan HJ, Kraft S, Emery RE. J. Marriage Fam. 1987; 49(3): 611-619.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, National Council on Family Relations, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

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Abstract

In this study, the individual and familial adjustment of a sample of 40 battered women and their children was compared with that of a sample of 40 community families. As expected, abused women were dramatically more distressed on a variety of measures than were community women. Significant but more modest differences were found between the groups of children studied. Both the sons and daughters of battered women received scores more than one standard deviation above the mean of the normative sample on both the internalizing and externalizing subscales of the Child Behavior Checklist, but elevated externalizing scores were also found for a community sample of boys from similar socioeconomic backgrounds. No between-group differences were found in regard to the children's perceived competence or IQ. While estimates of the risk for psychological difficulties among the children of battered women are similar to those obtained by other investigators, notably different findings regarding sex differences were obtained. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1987. Copyright © 1987 by the National Council on Family Relations)

Domestic Violence Effects
Psychological Victimization Effects
Witnessing Violence Effects
Witnessing Spouse Abuse
Spouse Abuse Effects
Children of Battered Women
Child Witness
Early Adolescence
Middle Childhood
Late Childhood
Domestic Violence Shelter
Child Adjustment
Juvenile Witness
Juvenile Adjustment
Emotional Adjustment
Violence Against Women
Partner Violence
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