Children do not start violence yet they are vulnerable to its deadly effects. They rarely grasp the complex causes of violence yet are all too often forced to flee the homes, witness atrocities. They are not responsible for violence, yet it robs them of their healthy childhood. The study tries to explore the indirect impact of violence on frustration-reactions and psychopathology in children of...

BACKGROUND Experiencing abuse during childhood affects the psychological well-being of individuals throughout their lives and may even influence their offspring by enhancing the likelihood of an intergenerational transmission of violence. Understanding the effects of childhood maltreatment on child-rearing practices and intimate partner violence might be of particular importance to overcome the...

OBJECTIVE To obtain baseline data on the health status and use of health services of children exposed to violence in their families. METHOD The study used data from the first cycle of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (1994/95). According to parental reports, 8.6% of children (n = 1,648; representing 329,657 children) aged 2 to 11 years witnessed some violence in their fa...

The number of American children living in partner-violent households was estimated from a nationally representative sample of 1,615 dual-parent households. Approximately 15.5 million American children were estimated to live in families in which partner violence had occurred at least once in the previous year, with 7 million estimated to live in families in which severe partner violence had occu...

Children's experiences and voices are underrepresented in academic literature and professional practice around domestic violence and abuse. The project "Understanding Agency and Resistance Strategies" (UNARS) addresses this absence, through direct engagement with children. We present an analysis from interviews with 21 children in the United Kingdom (12 girls and 9 boys, aged 8-18 years), about...

INTRODUCTION While peer abuse or physical violence in school is emphasized more, the physical and emotional violence caused by school staff has been emphasized less. The purpose of this study was to investigate the variables related to emotional and physical violence that students are exposed to in the school environment. METHODS This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted by app...

OBJECTIVE Many recent immigrant children are at risk for violence exposure and related psychological distress resulting from experiences before, during, and after immigration. This study examines the rates of violence exposure and associated symptoms among recent immigrant children in Los Angeles. METHOD 1,004 recent immigrant schoolchildren (aged 8-15 years) were surveyed about their prior e...

Globally, hundreds of children and adolescents witness acts of violence and trauma on a daily basis. Notably, children and adolescents exposed to violence and trauma may display mild-to-severe psycho-socialemotional and mental health care problems. Also, exposures to violence and trauma among children and adolescents have resulted into an alarming global health care issue for our society. All h...

I n recent years, approximately 61 percent of children in the United States reported that they were exposed to violence, crime, and abuse during the previous year. Common sources of children’s exposure to violence (CEV) are direct child maltreatment, witnessing domestic violence, and community and school violence. There is reason to believe the problem may have grown worse in recent decades. Ch...

OBJECTIVE To provide concurrent validity data for the KID-SAVE as a screening instrument for exposure to violence in African American children, to explore demographic differences in KID-SAVE scores, and to provide preliminary reliability data on a parent version of the KID-SAVE. METHOD Questionnaire data were collected regarding exposure to violence, children's behavior and symptoms, and fami...