Annotated Bibliography

The effects of children's exposure to domestic violence: A meta-analysis and

critique
Wolfe, D. A., Crooks, C. V., Lee, V., McIntyre-Smith, A., & Jaffe, P. G. (2003).

The effects of children's exposure to domestic violence: A meta-analysis

and critique. Clinical child and family psychology review, 6(3), 171-187

The effects of children being exposed to domestic violence is very similar to a soldier

returning from war with PTSD. The effects cause mental, emotional, and behavioral changes in

the life of the child. The child begins to feel angry, and helpless when he/she is confronted by

another child. Many children that are considered bullies are victims of living in a domestically

violent home.. Exposure of a child in a domestically violent home could harm a child more than

aide a child and his/her safety.

Child witnesses to domestic violence: a meta-analytic review.

Kitzmann, K. M., Gaylord, N. K., Holt, A. R., & Kenny, E. D. (2003). Child witnesses to

Domestic violence: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Consulting and Clinical

Psychology, 71 (2), 339-352.

Children that have witnessed domestic violence, and marital domestic violence, have

mental and behavioral challenges as they go through life. The mentality of a child in an abusive

home is mainly that of fearing everything, and not trusting anyone especially adults. The abuse

that is persistently happening at the childs home causes the child to behave inappropriately, at

school, and at home. Emotional outbursts that the child conducts while in a public location, or in

front of a crowd is assumed to be accurate behavior to the child, not knowing that they are being

disrespectful and harmful to others. Children from marital domestic violent homes also do very

poorly in school, and are not as advanced as they could be.

The effects of systemic family violence on children's mental

health

McCloskey, L. A., Figueredo, A. J., & Koss, M. P. (1995). The effects of systemic family

violence on children's mental health. Child development, 66(5), 1239-1261.

The children, and mothers, that have been victim of a domestic violent household, or a

divorce between parents, have been known to have a psychological impact on both to mother,

and child. Women that have been admitted into a battered womens shelter with her
child/children, have had temperamental problems. Children of the divorced families do not seem

to have such drastic parental separation effects as those of the battered women. The battered

womens children have a tendency to being very irritable, and have mental health issues that

cause the child to be clinically depressed, physical, and psychologically abusive to their friends,

parents, or spouse.

Children's witnessing of adult domestic violence

Edleson, J. L. (1999). Children's witnessing of adult domestic violence. Journal of interpersonal

Violence, 14(8), 839-870.

According to multiple researchers multiple children that have been exposed to family

violence, have cognitive-functioning problems, emotional, and behavioral problems. The

witnessing of violent actions in a home causes so many different problems for children, and their

everyday ways of living, and thinking what is right from wrong. Many questions and concerns

are raised while researchers question, and study the differences in children, and the time lapse

since the last violent occurrence.

Parenting in battered women: The effects of domestic

violence on women and their children

Levendosky, A. A., & Graham-Bermann, S. A. (2001). Parenting in

battered

women: The effects of domestic violence on women

and their

children. Journal of family violence, 16(2), 171-192.

In accordance to researchers the percentile of maternal

psychologically functioning is the highest rating out of the entire

research. Domestic violence impacts to mother severely when it

comes to being a good parent to children.

The ecological framework and the results are all broken down

into multiple categories to help understand where it is that a

child, and the mother are at mentally, emotionally, and

physically.

Mental and physical health effects of intimate

partner violence on women and children

Campbell, J. C., & Lewandowski, L. A. (1997). Mental and

physical

effects of intimate partner violence on women and

children. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 20(2),

353-374.

Women and children of an abusive back ground are more likely to have health issues, and

require medical assistance a lot more than a non-abused person. The children are usually sick in

bed for a longer period of time, and women are usually in need of proper medical attention, but

are afraid of going to the doctors office. This study suggests the need for medical care for these

vulnerable people that more than likely have no medical coverage to assist in receiving the right

care, or help to get them out of their current situation.