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At-Risk and Maltreated Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Aggression/Violence

What the Conflict Looks Like and Its Relationship to Child Outcomes

University of Washington, Seattle, diana.english{at}gmail.com

J. Christopher Graham

University of Washington, Seattle

Rae R. Newton

California State University

Terri L. Lewis

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Richard Thompson

Juvenile Protective Association, Chicago

Jonathan B. Kotch

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Cindy Weisbart

5 University of Maryland

Despite increasing research on children's exposure to intimate partner aggression/violence (IPAV), and co-occurrence of IPAV and maltreatment, little is known about IPAV in at-risk and maltreating families. We explored the nature of IPAV in 554 homes where children were identified as at risk or reported for maltreatment and examined differences between emotional and behavioral outcomes for children in homes where one or both intimate partners is the alleged perpetrator of IPAV. We found in this sample that IPAV primarily took the form of verbal aggression with differences in perpetrator gender for verbal, minor, and severe violence. There were few child outcomes predicted by perpetrator gender: Significant child behavior problems were found with all types of IPAV and both genders as perpetrators. Results suggest the need for comprehensive assessments of IPAV when assessing risk, safety, and harm issues for children reported as being at risk or victims of maltreatment.

Key Words: domestic/intimate partner violence • child maltreatment • family relationships • behavioral observations • elementary school-age children • families

This version was published on May 1, 2009

Child Maltreatment, Vol. 14, No. 2, 157-171 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1077559508326287


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