Type:	Journal Article
Title:	The influence of domestic violence on preschooler behaviour and functioning
Other Titles:	Journal of family violence
Authors:	Wilkens, Susan L Ybarra, Gabriel J Lieberman, Alicia F
Keywords:	Mental health;Impact on children and young people
Year:	2007
Publisher:	Kluwer Academic Plenum Publishers
Citation:	22 (1), January 2007
Notes:	Enhancing current explanations of domestic violence exposure effects on child cognitive and behavioral functioning was the purpose of this investigation. Participants were 31 domestic violence exposed and 31 non-exposed children ages 3 to 5 years and their single-parent household mothers. Child-mother pairs were matched for child’s age, gender, and ethnicity, mother’s age and education, and annual family income. Child cognitive and behavioral functioning was assessed via psychological assessment and parent report. The presence of mental health difficulties in mothers was assessed using self-report and clinician-administered instruments. Exposed children showed lower verbal functioning and higher internalizing behaviors than did their non-exposed peers. Exposed mothers displayed greater psychological difficulties than did their counterparts. [?2007 Springer. All rights reserved. For further information, visit SpringerLink.]
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12330
ISSN:	0885-7482
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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