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  -