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12 - Empowering Mothers and Promoting Resilience in Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence

from Part Four - Across the Lifespan: Adults and Families

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2024

By
Sandra A. Graham-Bermann
Edited by
Sally M. Hage
Sally M. Hage
Affiliation:
Springfield College
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Summary

This chapter describes the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the lives of women and children’s exposure to this form of family violence. The effects of experiencing IPV on women range from physical and mental health problems, such as injury, trauma, and PTSD to difficulties in obtaining support and parenting under stress. Children are affected in all areas of their lives – academically in school, in social relationships, in terms of their physical health, mental health, and expectations for themselves in the future. It is clear that IPV impedes women's and children’s optimal development. The need is great. Two preventive intervention programs for children and mothers are described in this chapter. The research evidence for their success in addressing many of these serious issues is provided. Finally, cultural adaptations of the programs are described for groups of women and children in Spanish-speaking, Alaska Native and American Indian, Canadian Aboriginal and First Nations, and Swedish communities. Recommendations for improving the work and a list of additional resources are provided.

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An Ounce of Prevention
Evidence-Based Prevention for Counseling and Psychology
 , pp. 239 - 260
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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