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Impact on Victims of Domestic Violence
The resources in this section offer information on how domestic violence affects the health of the adult victim and their children, how it impacts parenting and a community's economic and cultural well-being, and strategies for responding to these effects.
Impact on health
Domestic Violence, Mental Health & Trauma: Research Highlights
Warshaw & Barnes (2003)
Explores the connection between domestic violence victimization and mental health problems.
The Facts on Reproductive Health and Violence Against Women (PDF - 40 KB)
Family Violence Prevention Fund (2006)
Provides statistics on the prevalence of violence against pregnant and postpartum women and discusses the consequences of such violence.
Intimate Partner Violence and the Childbearing Years: Maternal and Infant Health Consequences
Sharps, Laughon, & Giangrande
Trauma, Violence, and Abuse: A Review Journal, 8(2), 2007
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Focuses on the physical health consequences of intimate partner violence for mothers and their infants.
Relationship of Abuse History to Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders and Symptoms
Leserman & Drossman
Trauma, Violence, and Abuse: A Review Journal, 8(2), 2007
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Reviews the evidence that links sexual and physical abuse and intimate partner violence with functional gastrointestinal symptoms and disorders and explores physiological mechanisms that might mediate these health effects.
Violence Against Women and the Perinatal Period: The Impact of Lifetime Violence and Abuse on Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Breastfeeding
Kendall-Tackett
Trauma, Violence, and Abuse: A Review Journal, 8(2), 2007
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Examines the impact of domestic violence on women who are pregnant or have recently given birth.
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Impact on parenting
The Impact of Complex Trauma and Depression on Parenting: An Exploration of Mediating Risk and Protective Factors
Banyard, Williams, & Siegel
Child Maltreatment, 8(4), 2003
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Examines maternal depression as a mediator between mothers' complex trauma exposure and parenting difficulties and protective factors within a sample of adult survivors of complex child and adult trauma.
Mothering Through Domestic Violence
Radford & Hester (2006)
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Discusses the impact of domestic violence on women's health, parenting skills, and identity.
Mothers' Strategies for Protecting Children From Batterers: The Perspectives of Battered Women Involved in Child Protective Services
Haight, Shim, Linn, & Swimford
Child Welfare, 86(4), 2007
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Presents the perspectives of domestic violence survivors on the effects of domestic violence on their children and their strategies for protecting and supporting them.
Parenting Practices (PDF - 119 KB)
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (2002)
Discusses recent research examining the impact of domestic violence on parenting.
Understanding Women's Experiences Parenting in the Context of Domestic Violence: Implications for Community and Court-Related Service Providers
Jaffe & Crooks (2005)
Identifies and discusses seven central themes that highlight the intersection between domestic violence and parenting.
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State and local examples
Parenting in the Context of Domestic Violence (PDF - 766 KB)
Judicial Council of California, Administrative Office of the Courts (2003)
Describes the parenting styles of perpetrators and victims of domestic violence and examines the effectiveness of various intervention strategies designed to address the trauma experienced by children.
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