@article{ref1,
title="Children of Abused Women: I. Adjustment at Time of Shelter Residence",
journal="Journal of marriage and family",
year="1987",
author="Christopoulos, Christina and Cohn, Deborah A. and Shaw, Daniel S. and Joyce, Susan and Sullivan, Hanson J. and Kraft, S. and Emery, Robert E.",
volume="49",
number="3",
pages="611-619",
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 EffectsPsychological Victimization EffectsWitnessing Violence EffectsWitnessing Spouse AbuseSpouse Abuse EffectsChildren of Battered WomenChild WitnessEarly AdolescenceMiddle ChildhoodLate ChildhoodDomestic Violence ShelterChild AdjustmentJuvenile WitnessJuvenile AdjustmentEmotional AdjustmentViolence Against WomenPartner Violence04-01<p />",
language="en",
issn="0022-2445",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}