Growing Up with Domestic Violence E-Book

Peter G. Jaffe

• Herausgeber: Hogrefe Publishing
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Serie: Advances in Psychotherapy - Evidence-Based Practice
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 190

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2011

Beschreibung

This compact and easy-to-read text by leading experts shows practitioners and students how to recognize the impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) on children and youth and to provide effective clinical interventions and school-based prevention programs. Exposure to IPV is defined using examples from different ages and developmental stages. The book describes the effects of exposure to IPV and reviews epidemiology and etiology. Its main focus is on proven assessment, intervention, and prevention strategies. Relevant and current theories regarding the impact of exposure on children and youth are reviewed, and illustrative real-life case studies from the clinical experiences of the authors are described.

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Growing Up with Domestic Violence

About the Authors

Peter Jaffe, PhD, CPsych, is Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario and the Academic Director of the Centre for Research on Violence Against Women. He is Director Emeritus for the Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System and has co-authored ten books, 25 chapters, and over 70 articles related to children, families, and the justice system. He was named an Officer for the Order of Canada in July 2009 by the Governor General of Canada.

David Wolfe, PhD, ABPP, is a psychologist and author specializing in issues affecting children and youth. He holds the inaugural RBC Chair in Children’s Mental Health at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), where he is Head of the Centre for Prevention Science located in London. He is a Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Toronto, and Editor-in-Chief of Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal.

Marcie Campbell, MEd, is a research coordinator for the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children in the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario. Her research and clinical interests focus on the prevention of domestic homicide and engaging abusive men in treatment programs. She is a research consultant to several programs including the evaluation of Defending Childhood initiative in the US and the Domestic Violence Death Review Committee of Ontario, Canada.

Advances in Psychotherapy – Evidence-Based Practice

Series Editor

Danny Wedding, PhD, MPH, Professor of Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology / Alliant University, San Francisco, CA

Associate Editors

Larry Beutler, PhD, Professor, Palo Alto University / Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, CA

Kenneth E. Freedland, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Health Psychology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Linda C. Sobell, PhD, ABPP, Professor, Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

David A. Wolfe, PhD, RBC Chair in Children’s Mental Health, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, ON

The basic objective of this series is to provide therapists with practical, evidence-based treatment guidance for the most common disorders seen in clinical practice – and to do so in a “reader-friendly” manner. Each book in the series is both a compact “how-to-do” reference on a particular disorder for use by professional clinicians in their daily work, as well as an ideal educational resource for students and for practice-oriented continuing education.

The most important feature of the books is that they are practical and “reader-friendly:” All are structured similarly and all provide a compact and easy-to-follow guide to all aspects that are relevant in real-life practice. Tables, boxed clinical “pearls”, marginal notes, and summary boxes assist orientation, while checklists provide tools for use in daily practice.

Growing Up with Domestic Violence

Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention Strategies for Children and Adolescents

Peter Jaffe

Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children, Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario, Canada

David A. Wolfe

CAMH Centre for Prevention Science,

Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada

Marcie Campbell

Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children, Faculty of Education, Althouse College, University of Western Ontario, Canada

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Preface

Over 20 years ago the two senior authors of this work first published Children of Battered Women in an effort to pull together emerging research and clinical practice on the intersection between domestic violence and child abuse. Although it seemed somewhat obvious to us that growing up with domestic violence would likely be harmful to healthy child development, we could not turn to professional literature on this issue to support our concerns. To laypersons and many professionals alike, children needed to be the direct recipient of physical or sexual abuse before any community intervention was necessary. In our work with the court system at that time, we were often surprised at how growing up with domestic violence was ignored or minimized – such as in situations in which an adolescent had repeated the same violent acts they had witnessed at home. In our view, such offences were a reflection of the community’s failure to address the reality of growing up with violence in the family.

We learned that there was widespread ignorance about domestic violence and child abuse, especially with regard to how such events interfere with child and adolescent development. As we began our research we chose to focus attention on several themes, informed by theories of normal and abnormal child development, which have shaped our subsequent work and the foundations for this book. These themes emphasize that the behavior of children and youth is a reflection of the lessons learned in their family about intimate relationships and conflict resolution. While recognizing that children attempt to adapt to their circumstances, good or bad, such adaptation may come at a huge cost to themselves and society when growing up with domestic violence. In particular, we focused on the connections between the emotional and psychological harm created by these events and their future interpersonal and intimate relationships that are so often disrupted by violence and/or victimization.

In writing this book, we were motivated to revisit these themes and document the tremendous progress in the field over the last 20 years. We strongly believe that a community’s silence or denial of these issues leaves vulnerable family members with no place to turn, and that child welfare and justice systems are too overburdened to provide much more than crisis intervention. Failing to keep up with new developments in assessment and intervention strategies to address violence in the family has both a short-term impact on community services (such as police, medical, education, and social services), as well as a long-term and pronounced impact on community safety and wellbeing. Our hope is that this information will become more common knowledge amongst clinicians across many different disciplines, who see these children every day in their practice.

This book describes the impact of exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) on children and youth, and the relevant prevention and intervention initiatives. Exposure to IPV is defined using examples from different ages and developmental stages. The epidemiology and etiology of children exposed to IPV is reviewed, with a focus on assessment, intervention, and prevention strategies. Relevant and current theories regarding the impact of exposure on children are reviewed, and case studies from the clinical experiences of the authors are described. The objective of this text is to inform practitioners regarding how to recognize the impact of IPV on children, and to discuss effective clinical interventions and school-based prevention programs.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to the many adult victims and children who have had to survive violence in their families. In particular a special appreciation is extended to those individuals who shared their stories to educate all of us in becoming more effective community advocates.

Table of Contents

Preface

Dedication

1

Description

1.1

Terminology

1.2

Definitions

1.2.1

Definitions for Court and Community Intervention

1.3

Epidemiology

1.4

Course and Prognosis

1.4.1

Infants and Young Children

1.4.2

School-Age Children

1.4.3

Adolescents

1.4.4

Sex Differences

1.4.5

Risk and Protective Factors

1.4.6

Longer Term Effects

1.5

Differential Diagnosis

1.6

Comorbidities

1.7

Diagnostic Procedures and Documentation

2

Theories and Models of the Effects of IPV on Children

2.1

Developmental Traumatology