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- Domestic Violence can be included under the umbrella of Intimate Partner Violence
- Also includes dating violence, sexual violence, and partner abuse
- All of these can be traumatizing to witnessing children
- Chronic violence
- Repeated, consistently perpetuated violence over time
- Poses even higher risks for witnessing children
Statistics
- 3-4 million children between the ages of 3-17 are at risk for exposure to domestic violence
- Children who witness Domestic Violence are at an increased risk for being abused themselves
- 95% of domestic violence cases involve women victims with male partners
- Rural-Urban-Suburban Divide
- Rural → More likely to stay in the relationship, less likely to disclose or seek help, and more likely that drugs
and/or alcohol play a large part in the abuse
- Urban → More likely to report via police instead of a lawyer, more resources are available, higher rates of
partner homicide occur in disadvantaged counties.
- Suburban → Veil of Silence; elevated social status, education levels, and income contribute to higher rates of
self-blame, shame, and a lack of familial support.
- Systems Warfare: utilizing legal and financial systems for further mainpulation
Instilling Fear
Children Exposed to Domestic Violence - Effects
Many children demonstrate increased depression,
anxiety, self-harm, a deficient ability to learn, poor
concentration, and a generalized irritability.
Case 1
● Zoning / numbing out
● Blaming themselves
● Brain development
Adverse Effects on Brain Development
Child-Witnessed Domestic Violence
● Midbrain
● Limbic System
● Corpus Callosum
● Cerebellum
Attachment & Behavior Issues
Longitudinal Study on the Effects of Child Abuse
and Children’s Exposure to Domestic Violence
Waves of study
1. 457 children=average age 4
2. Four years later=average age 8
3. Ten years after adolescents=average age 18
*416 were reevaluated in adolescence
Four groups
A. No-violence exposure group.
B. Domestic violence exposure only group
C. Child abuse only group
D. Exposure to domestic violence and child abuse group “double whammy phenomenon”
Attachment & Negative Behavior Results
● Overall were less attached to parents in adolescence than
those who were not exposed, contributing to negative
behavior in adolescence.
● These behaviors are formed as the child absorbs the stress and anxiety.
What helps?
● Seeing how to deal with stress in productive/ effective ways-Learning from you
● Talking about feelings
● Always can create new neurons by seeing good relationships
- ACEs History
- Conducted by Kaiser Permanente and the CDC in California from 1995-1997 with over 17,000 participants
- Physical exams were given along with a confidential 10-Question survey
Domestic Violence
Shelter Research
References
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