@article{ref1,
title="The Experience of Living with Violence for Preadolescent Children of Battered Women",
journal="Youth and society",
year="1998",
author="Peled, E.",
volume="29",
number="4",
pages="395-430",
abstract="Based on in-depth interviews with preadolescents and their mothers, a detailed description is provided of the experience of children who were exposed to violence at home. Findings are organized into five semichronological phases: (a) living with ordinary fights, (b) witnessing violent events, (c) being challenged by mothers' public confrontations of the violence, (d) adjusting to new realities in the long-term aftermath of violence, and (e) living with violence as a history. Discussion centers on the meanings of secret, witnessing, and exposure. Results indicate potential directions for understanding, studying, and intervening with children exposed to women-battering.<p />",
language="",
issn="0044-118X",
doi="10.1177/0044118X98029004001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0044118X98029004001"
}