The Negative Results of Childhood Exposure to Domestic Violence

Children exposed to child and domestic abuse can have very severe mental disorders. “Numerous studies have demonstrated that children exposed to domestic abuse and/or child abuse are more likely to experience a wide range of adverse psychosocial and behavioral outcomes’’(Carrie). Exposure to domestic abuse in childhood has been linked to a similar set of outcomes, including low self-esteem, social withdrawal, depression, and anxiety also aggression, violence, and delinquency. If a child witnesses punching, hitting, and screaming around a preschool age group can affect them through their whole life with horrific memories and/or flashbacks. It's important to realize that domestic abuse has different effects depending on the child. Problems were significantly higher for boys exposed to domestic abuse rather than girls. Other studies have shown boys to be at higher risk of externalizing problems in adolescence after being abused in childhood, but girls exposed to domestic abuse were at higher risk than boys for both externalizing and internalizing behaviors, including

Over 5 million children witness domestic violence across the U.S. each year. When a child/children are exposed to domestic violence; it affects their life aspects, such as learning, health, and social ability. Children who witness domestic violence often fault themselves and live in fear. Most children become dysfunctional and victims of child abuse. Domestic violence not only affects the victims of the crime but surrounding victims, also. Any child exposed to domestic violence can potentially commit domestic violence later on in life.

Exposure to trauma is a serious problem here in america. Children who are exposed to domestic violence are more vulnerable to physical, emotional or sexual abuse, which sometimes causes violent behavior. Stressful situations

there is not a single news broadcast aired on television or radio that does not have at least one account of violence perpetrated against an individual or group.” (Crosson-Tower p.81). Our youths encounter violence in almost every aspect of their daily life at home, at school, through the media, or on the streets of their neighborhoods. I feel that when children are exposed to violence, they suffer and it tends to negatively affect children’s normal development and their future wellbeing. For instance, children that are exposed to domestic violence are more likely than those whom are not exposed to this type of violence to exhibit so same traits and are more likely to later be in an abusive adult relationship, as either aggressor or victim.

A positive correlation has been found between externalizing (aggression) and internalizing (lowered self esteem, depression, anxiety) and domestic violence exposed children. Children exposed to domestic violence have been found to be four times more likely to develop internalizing or externalizing behavior problems than children who are not exposed to violence. The disruption of the development of basic competencies harms the child’s ability to manage emotions effectively and increases internalizing and externalizing behaviors (Martinez-Torteya et. al., 2012). This is particularly problematic for preschool children as younger children display more intense externalizing and internalizing behavioral responses to parental conflict than do older children (Ybarra, Wilkens, & Lieberman). These responses are due

This is very sensitive topic for me. I grew up watching my mother get beat by her second husband for nearly 3 years. I used to believe as a kid that only my family I went through this. And honestly I wish that were true, but studies regrettably show that 3 to 4 million children between the ages of 3 and 17 witness domestic violence each year. Government statistics say that 95% of domestic violence cases involve women victims of male partners. Child exposure to aggressive behavior at home has additionally been connected to poor school execution. Kids who grow up with aggressive behavior at home may have debilitated capacity to focus and trouble in finishing school work. Additionally youngsters who have been presented to abusive behavior at home frequently learn dangerous lessons about the utilization of savagery and force when seeing someone in a relationship. They may discover that it is satisfactory to apply control or mitigate stress by utilizing viciousness, or that brutality is somehow connected to articulations of closeness and fondness. These lessons can have an intense negative impact on a kid in social circumstances and connections all through youth and in later

Children and young people who live with domestic violence are more likely to display aggressive behaviour, experience anxiety, have reduced social skills, suffer symptoms of depression and show emotional distress.

Domestic violence impacts individuals and their relationships in a huge way. Studies show that children who have witnessed domestic violence, in any way, are most likely to continue the cycle and abuse their future children, wife or anyone close to them Not only that, but domestic violence causes children to develop phobias and insomnia, experience depression, have diminished self-esteem, demonstrate poor academic performance, have reduced social skills (including low levels of empathy), show emotional distress, and/or have physical complaints/ailments. This can affect any future relationship that the child might have, or even their current relationships with their friends. Adults who find themselves in these violent situations can suffer from

It is concerning when children are exposed to domestic violence because of the potential disruptions in psychosocial development and the increased chances that they too will become perpetrators of violence. Litrownik, Newton, Hunter, English, and Everson (2013, p.60) concluded from their research findings "that while studying the relative exposure to community versus family violence, it was found that family violence was more likely to be associated with child problems."

Domestic violence mainly occurs when one partner feels threatened and consequently resorts to conflicts so as to make up for feeling that way. Domestic violence and violent relationships amongst parents negatively affects the personality of the children, and also affects the manner in which they handle their future intimate relationships. In order to end domestic violence, children should be raised in a peaceful surrounding in which they are taught to nourish and respect relationships. Additionally, domestic violence with parents can cause depression and negatively affect the children's emotional health. When children suffer from stress and depression at a young age, their learning abilities are wrongly affected and this impairs their

A stigma is forming among society that domestic violence only impacts those that are directly involved in the relationship. One needs to redirect his/her thinking to the perspective of the entire “family,” whether it be mixed, bi-racial, large, or small. Domestic violence has the impeccable capability to affect the emotional well-being and health of a child. Adolescents who are not fully matured to comprehend a situation of this magnitude, often become filled with emotions that they also do not understand. One of which possibilities that are played out for children in domestic violence situations would be when children take the life they are presented with and learn to use it as a form of motivation to aid in the betterment of their lives. Situations have also been known to morph into a completely opposite direction when children become overwhelmed, feel no hope of escaping, and their motivation plummets. Society needs to become fully aware of the effects of domestic violence on children because of these scenarios and many others that can be orchestrated.

Domestic violence is any behavior of physical, sexual, emotional, or physiological acts or threats that intimidate a person or partner by trying to control or maintain power. Unfortunately, many children experience these harmful acts in the home between family members, all of different ages, ethnicities, and statuses. When thinking about a safe and healthy childhood and environment, what comes to mind? Parents or guardians attending to their children’s needs; a feeling of comfort, feeling loved, a feeling of safety and security, and a place without violence. Today, there are a lot of children who experience domestic violence in the

The purpose of this research proposal is to identify the specific differences in the effects of domestic violence in male and female children ages 4-11.

Children’s exposure to violence typically refers to children who witness or are victimized by violence. This would include physical assault, peer victimization, sexual victimization, child abuse and maltreatment. It is a challenge for children who become victims of domestic violence in their own homes. They witness or even experience the violence coming from their own family members. Once the children goes through the ruthless experience, some of them carry it along with them as they grow up. These children have a negative advantage to grow up with behavior disorders. Children from violent homes continue to suffer the consequences as adults, where they are more likely to commit suicide, abuse drugs or alcohol, be unemployed, or commit violence against their own partners (Ohio Domestic Violence). Then those type of behaviors continue on the cycle of the domestic violence. It is also difficult for children to know how to behave because of the behavior the parents show that has no relation to violence. Depending on the behavior of the parent, the child can piggyback on the behavior and results into a relation to violence whether the behavior had to do with violence or not. Parenthood is said to be the most important and demanding task in adult life. It can be especially challenging when the child has a difficult temperament, for example, gathering of instinctive characteristics which provide parents and other caretakers with problems of management (Hart, Louise (l987). It is

Domestic Violence is a worldwide problem and affects the health and well-being of those open to it. Children that are exposed to physical abuse are at risk for depression, social problems, and learning disabilities. Child physical abuse has been associated with increased risk for symptoms of depression and anxiety in clinical research (Schneider). Children who are physically