Citation

Haight WL, Shim WS, Linn LM, Swinford L. Child Welf. 2007; 86(4): 41-62.

Affiliation

School of Social Work, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA. wlhaight@uiuc.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Child Welfare League of America)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17953327

Abstract

During in-depth, individual interviews, seventeen battered women involved in the public child welfare system discussed the effects of domestic violence on their children, and their strategies for protecting and supporting them. Most mothers articulated the detrimental effects of domestic violence on their children and coherent strategies to protect them physically, but described difficulties supporting young children psychologically. Collectively, mothers reported a number of apparently useful strategies for supporting children's psychological resilience. Implications for intervention are discussed.

Language: en