Citation

Carlson J, Voith L, Brown JC, Holmes M. Violence Against Women 2019; 25(1): 6-28.

Affiliation

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801218816187

PMID

30803426

Abstract

Although some children exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) demonstrate resilience, the population-level health consequences of exposure across the lifespan and the related social and economic costs of such exposure are enormous. Using a developmental and social-ecological perspective, this article summarizes the literature examining the effects of IPV exposure on children, reviews key underlying mechanisms, and suggests the use of a public health prevention approach. It presents a discussion of next steps and identification of key challenges. One of the authors, a survivor of child exposure to IPV, presents a vignette that augments key sections and highlights children's resilience.

Language: en

Keywords

child exposure; intimate partner violence; lifespan; prevention; resilience; social ecology