Growing Up with Domestic Violence
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Peter G. Jaffe, David A Wolfe, Marcie Campbell
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Growing Up with Domestic Violence
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Hogrefe Publishing
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9781616763367
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1
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CHF 19.60
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Psychologie
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English
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88
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This compact and easy-to-read text by leading experts shows practitioners and students how to recognize the impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) on children and youth and to provide effective clinical interventions and school-based prevention programs. Exposure to IPV is defined using examples from different ages and developmental stages. The book describes the effects of exposure to IPV and reviews epidemiology and etiology. Its main focus is on proven assessment, intervention, and prevention strategies. Relevant and current theories regarding the impact of exposure on children and youth are reviewed, and illustrative real-life case studies from the clinical experiences of the authors are described.
Individual research studies have attempted to estimate prevalence rates in greater detail in local communities or regions, based on requests for service. For example, Fantuzzo and Fusco (2007) examined prevalence rates of children’s exposure to domestic violence by looking at police reports and data from domestic violence crimes in a large Northeast county in the United States. In total, the study examined 1,517 domestic violence events that occurred in 1 year. Findings indicated that children were present in almost half (43%) of the domestic violence incidents that involved police, with the majority of the children (58%) being younger than 6 years. A total of 999 children were present during a domestic violence event. The majority of children who were present during the incidents saw and heard the violence (60%); a minority only heard (18%) or only saw the violence (5%).
The Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect was the first national survey that attempted to document rates of children’s exposure to IPV, in addition to other forms of child abuse and neglect (Trocmé et al., 2005). The survey found an estimated 49,994 child investigations by Child Welfare Services involved children exposed to domestic violence as either the primary or secondary form of abuse. Notably, this figure represents one in five child abuse investigations in Canada. Of those cases of exposure, one third were categorized as a single incident, 13% involved multiple incidents over a period of less than 6 months, and 39% involved multiple incidents over a period longer than 6 months. Just over half (52%) of the children were boys, and 60% were under the age of 7.
Some studies have focused on vulnerabilities of certain populations that may have higher rates of domestic violence due to a number of sociodemographic and cultural factors such as pov
Table of Contents
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Preface
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1 Description
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2 Theories and Models of the Effects of IPV on Children
28
3 Diagnosis and Treatment Indications
35
4 Interventions for Children Exposed toIntimate Partner Violence
42
5 Case Vignettes
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6 Further Reading
75
7 References
76
8 Appendix: Tools and Resources
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