The Effects Of Domestic Violence On Children

Domestic violence is an epidemic and the number one health concern in our country. There are more abusers and their victims compared to past years. As a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship, domestic violence is used by one person to gain or maintain power and control over another one. It can be physical, sexual, emotional, and economic abuse and not look the same in every relationship because every relationship is different. This kind of abuse affects people of all ages and sexes, socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, education and employment levels. Abuse towards children and the elderly can be violent or aggressive behavior. Thus, there are many types of abuse that one can suffer; awareness of the signs of domestic violence is especially important before getting into any kind of intimate relationship.

Victims or survivors of domestic violence end up enduring so much mental, physical, and emotional abuse that they do not realize there is a problem. WomensLaw.org defines the following behaviors as abuse: psychological abuse, such as intimidating someone, threatening physical harm to someone else, and destruction of pets and property; physical abuse, which is described as grabbing, pinching, shoving, slapping, and punching; emotional abuse, which includes constantly putting someone down, making someone feel unimportant, using abusive language, such as calling them ugly or worthless and tearing down another’s relationship with their children. A combination of these actions can come together and damage someone. The Joyful Heart Foundation emphasizes that the long term effects of domestic violence can have a major impact on someone’s

Domestic violence, alternatively referred to as Intimate Partner Violence, is defined by the Department of Justice as “a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner.” While domestic violence is commonly thought of as only physical or sexual abuse, domestic violence can also be emotional, economic, or psychological. Domestic violence has remained constant in society throughout history, even though over time society’s response to the issue has changed. While domestic violence affects everyone regardless of race, gender, age, etc. it is estimated that approximately 90% of all victims are women. For the purpose of this paper, I will be focusing on

Domestic violence is a widespread sociological problem wherein women and children are most often the victims. This sociological problem is compounded by the fact that so much domestic violence goes under-reported, whether against women or children. Domestic violence may take a wide range of forms and may include a variant combination of battery, sexual abuse, verbal abuse or general violence. Targets of such behaviors may include a spouse, child or both. For the purposes of this research, there will be an interest in noting the impact on children who are exposed to violence both directly as the victims of abuse or indirectly as witnesses to spousal abuse. In either instance, the same findings are anticipated. Namely, the primary thesis driving the

This report is about a social issue that is on Domestic Violence. Domestic Violence is a big social issue that happens all around the world. It affects many people in many different ways. The aim of this report is to identify what Domestic Violence is and what it can really do to the community and how we can help.

“We define domestic violence as a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner.  Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. This includes any behaviors that intimidate, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure, or wound someone.”

There has been a lot of beneficial campaigns for fighting abuse that has been acknowledged. A considerable amount of problems remains to be finished, particularly being able to address the situation at hand. As research grows about domestic abuse, it is learned that abuse is a learned behavior and that abusive patterns commence in childhood. Many behaviors have been associated to abusive behavior such as uncertainty, low self-worth, jealousy, destructive behaviors, egotistical conduct, and can be antisocial. Domestic violence happens in many types of relationships counting being married, and dating. Treatment and assistant for men that have been abused are becoming more known to society, even assistance is being given, and knowledge to not feel week or embarrassed. Rape is considered the most common method of domestic and sexual violence against a man and women. Recent, studies have recognized quite a few risk factors that put certain individuals at far greater danger than others. The most significant is being a parent, having an alcohol or drug problem, living in poverty and being unemployed. Domestic violence happens every single day across the world and there many ways to maintain it, but even in this present moment many officers do not like to attend domestic house calls. The knowledge about domestic violence

1. This abuse can be found whether couples are married or unmarried and it is found in both heterosexual and homosexual relationships. Domestic Violence is not limited to physical abuse as it can also be found in the psychological, sexual, and emotional forms (Domestic Violence Opposing Viewpoints).

Domestic violence can change one’s worldview and outlook on life. Being in a situation where a person is being controlled by another can create feelings of hopelessness. A survivor may develop a negative outlook in which he or she may feel “damaged” or unworthy of a better life. A perpetrator can chip away at a person’s self-esteem with constant criticism or insults, which can lead the survivor to question her sense

This article provides an overview on domestic and intimate violence against women. It outlines the different cycles of domestic violence that a victim experiences whether if its emotionally, physically, and/or sexually, and how the cycle rehashes its self until the victim finally reaches out and seeks help. The article also expounds on being a victim of domestic violence can affect you mentally, and emotionally. It explains how it makes women afraid of men when they are victimized by them. Some women do not leave because they believe that the abuser loves them, and at some point in they are going to change. In most relationships, the abuse begins emotionally and later becomes physical if the victim does not recognize the abuse early on.

Domestic violence can be defines as a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner. Abuse is physical, sexual, emotional, economic pr psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. This includes any behaviors that frighten, intimidate, terrorize, manipulate, hurt, humiliate, blame, injure or wound

Cummings continues to talk about the long term psychological effects that domestic violence can have adolescence. “They[researchers] were curious to learn more about what stresses might be most strongly correlated with the child's diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. They found two factors to be the strongest predictors: a history of sexual abuse and witnessing chronic domestic violence. In fact, exposure to domestic violence seemed to be more harmful overall” (Groves 189). This statement alone shows that exposure to domestic

Domestic Violence is an outline of behaviors used to create authority and control over another person through fear and pressure, frequently including the threat or use of violence. There are diverse forms of domestic violence that affect men, women and children. This mistreatment happens in various forms that include physical, emotional and mental. This abuse begins as threats, then they worsen to verbal abuse and then it ends in physical violence. You may think that the physical abuse and injuries are the most obvious and dangerous because you are able to see them, but emotional and mental consequences of domestic abuse are also a big concern. These consequences can lead to depression as well as anxiety and makes the abused individual

Throughout the course of one’s lifetime, there are countless events that shape the personality, actions and mentality of that individual. Some of these events will affect the individual in a positive way allowing great life opportunities, while other events will unfortunately affect the individual in a negative way which can lead to disorders. Among the various events that can affect a person, one of the most common occurrences that some children witness early on in their lives that deeply affect their long-term mental health is being a witness to domestic violence. Research and observations that were studied revealed that there are multiple factors that can contribute to a child witnessing domestic violence. The more categories that the

Until recently, there have been limited studies focused on the effects of exposure to domestic violence on children. This paper will review various literatures that identify the effects of domestic violence exposure on children. There were many trends in the literatures that were studied but there were two common trends worth mentioning. The first trend was the participants that were used in the studies. Many of the literatures mention that previous studies mainly gathered information from women and children who resided in battered women shelters. The second trend was the methods used for the studies. Many of the studies used surveys and interviews where women and children self-reported on their experiences.