TY - SER AU - Jarvis, Kelly L. AU - Novaco,Raymond W. TI - Postshelter adjustment of children from violent families SN - 0886-2605 PY - 2006/// KW - CHILD BEHAVIOUR KW - CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE KW - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - FVC KW - PERSONAL AND FINANCIAL SAFETY KW - SOCIAL SERVICES KW - SUPPORT SERVICES KW - VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - WOMEN'S REFUGES KW - CHILD ABUSE N1 - Journal of Interpersonal Violence 21(8) August 2006 : 1046-1062 N2 - "Few studies have examined the adjustment of battered women and their children after exiting domestic violence shelters. Participants were 62 women who had endured severe partner abuse, completed a shelter program with their children, and resided in the community for at least 6 months. Field interviews concerned mothers' and children's abuse histories and included measures of maternal depression, maternal trauma, and child behavior problems. Nearly all women had lived violence free since shelter exit. Child internalizing behaviors were associated with direct abuse, maternal depression, and shelter program. Externalizing behaviors were related to maternal depression and shelter program. Neither severity of interparental violence nor maternal trauma symptoms was related to child behavior problems. Mothers' family of-origin abuse predicted current satisfaction with child functioning, beyond the effects of maternal depression and child behavioral problems. Findings suggest a need for postshelter therapeutic services and further research addressing the adjustment of such families."--JOURNAL ABSTRACT ER -