TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - The Experience of Living with Violence for Preadolescent Children of Battered Women
JO  - Youth and society
A1  - Peled, E.
SP  - 395
EP  - 430
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
N2  - 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 />
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SN  - 0044-118X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0044118X98029004001
ID  - ref1
ER  -