Children Witnessing Domestic Violence

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Children Witnessing Domestic Violence

• HED 487B
• Emily Groben

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Susan Still

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vYB3FVun7K2k
• Disturbed?
• 8 year old son was forced to watch
• 13 year old son was forced to video tape it
• Husband would make her stand in front of him for
  hours
• Abuse physical, emotional and verbal
• Imagine being those children

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Facts, Facts

• Domestic violence includes the following
• - Intimidation
• - Isolation
• - Minimizing, denying and blaming
• - Guilt
• - Using male privilege
• - Controlling her economic rights
• - Threats
• - Hitting, punching, shouting

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And More Facts!

• 30 of US marriages are considered physically
  aggressive
• Women 95 of victims
• Men 5 of victims

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Who

• 3.3 million US children witness domestic violence
  each year
• 275 million in the world
• Boys more externalized behaviors
• Girls more internalized behaviors
• Child neglect to include children witnessing
  domestic violence in some states
• Boys see father

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Where (US)

• Occurs more often in ____ areas
• Not as common in ____ areas
• Population has a lot to do with it
• Or, as reported?

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Where (Europe)

• Teen Abuse Survey of Great Britain
• - 1/3 of teenage girls experienced or witnessed
  at home
• - Did not consider it to be domestic violence
• - 43 of teenagers thought it was acceptable

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Where (Middle East)

• Spousal abuse widely accepted
• Children not as emotionally effected
• Victims of all ages and more likely to be in ___
  areas and ___ educated
• Children of those families more likely to
  continue the pattern
• Rape legalized in Afghanistan
• -essential for the woman to submit to the man's
  sexual desire

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Where Philippines

• Study conducted revealed that half of all young
  people reported witnessing domestic violence
• 1 in 10 male adolescents and 1 in 5 female
  adolescents wished they were dead
• Suicide common
• Depressive symptoms included headaches, poor
  digestion, worry, loneliness, trouble sleeping,
  and thoughts of suicide

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What Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Problems

• Higher levels of aggression, anger, hostility
• Rebellious behavior and disobedience

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What Cognitive and Attitudinal Problems

• Lower cognitive functioning
• Poor school performance
• Lack of conflict resolution skills
• Pro-violence attitudes
• Belief in rigid gender stereotypes and male
  privilege

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What Long-Term Effects

• Higher levels of adult depression and trauma
  symptoms
• Increased tolerance for violence in adult
  relationships, OR, abnormally high anti-violence
  attitudes

• Frequent nightmares
• Fear of relationships
• Poor trust issues
• Victims themselves

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When

• Younger children higher levels of anxiety after
  an event
• Dont understand
• Adolescents depression symptoms
• Dont like to see their parent a victim

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Sources

• http//www.merck.com/mmhe/sec22/ch253/ch253b.html
• http//www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/domest
  icviolence.cfm
• http//svc185.wic08v.server-web.com/GetInvolved-su
  bs.asp?GettInvolvedID39
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?tvYB3FVun7K2k
• http//vaw.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/14/1/5
  3
• http//news.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-3/Depre
  ssive-symptoms-in-adolescents-associated-with-pare
  ntal-domestic-violence-6007-1
• http//english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/04/200
  941271032198717.html