Family-centered interventions for intimate partner violence: A systematic review

Abstract

The effect of intimate partner violence (IPV) has a spill-over effect on all family members, and as such,<br/ >any intervention directed at IPV should include all family members directly affected. The spill-over<br/ >effect indicates that if one part of the family system (e.g. parents) experiences discord or conflict, it may<br/ >affect the other parts of the family system (through e.g. the parent-child relationship). The aim of this<br/ >paper was to systematically review family-centered interventions aimed at addressing IPV. Intervention<br/ >studies were systematically collected from data bases such as PubMed, BioMed Central, SABINET,<br/ >SocIndex, PsycArticles, and Academic Search Complete for the time period 2005-2015. These studies<br/ >were methodologically appraised, and results presented according to the RE-AIM framework. Familycentered interventions focused on IPV yielded long-term positive results in improving parent-child<br/ >interaction, including reductions in IPV, trauma symptoms of mothers, and problematic child<br/ >behaviours.