TY - JOUR PY - 1999// TI - Children's witnessing of adult domestic violence JO - Journal of interpersonal violence A1 - Edleson, Jeffrey L. SP - 839 EP - 870 VL - 14 IS - 8 N2 - Social service professionals are more frequently identifying children who witness adult domestic violence as victims of that abuse. This article expands common definitions of how children witness adult domestic violence. A total of 31 research articles that met established quality criteria were included in this review. A variety of behavioral, emotional, and cognitive-functioning problems among children were found to be associated with exposure to domestic violence. Factors that appear to moderate the impact of witnessing violence--such as whether the child was also abused, child gender and age, and the time since last exposure to violence--were identified. Concerns about research methodology used in this area of research and the application of this knowledge also are raised.

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LA - en SN - 0886-2605 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/088626099014008004 ID - ref1 ER -