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040			_aAFVC
100			_aSullivan, Cris M. _93335
245			_aThe use of children as a tactic of intimate partner violence and its impact on survivors’ mental health and well-being over time _cCris M. Sullivan, Mackenzie Sprecher, Mayra Guerrero, Aileen Fernandez and Cortney Simmons
260			_bSpringer, _c20224
500			_aJournal of Family Violence, 2024, 39: 153-163
520			_aPurpose: This is the first study to longitudinally examine the mental health and well-being impacts on survivors when their abusive partners and ex-partners use their children as an abuse tactic against them. Methods: The sample included two hundred seventy-seven homeless or unstably housed survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). All were mothers of minor children. Participants were interviewed shortly after seeking services and again at 6-months, 12-months, 18-months, and 24-months. They were asked about abuse they had experienced in the past six months, including the ways children were used as a form of IPV. They were also asked about their current depression, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms, as well as quality of life. Results: Many of the participants reported their abusive partners and ex-partners had used their children as a form of IPV to control or hurt them. Further, after controlling for other forms of abuse, use of the children significantly predicted increased anxiety, PTSD symptoms, and quality of life (but not depression) over time. Conclusion: It is important to recognize the widespread use of children as a common and injurious form of IPV, and its impact on the mental health and well-being of survivors. (Authors' abstract). Record #8598
650			_aCHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE _9130
650			_aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650			_aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _9431
650			_aMENTAL HEALTH _9377
650			_aVICTIM/SURVIVORS' VOICES _99763
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
651		4	_aUNITED STATES _92646
700			_aSprecher, Mackenzie _912781
700			_aGuerrero, Mayra _912782
700			_aFernandez, Aileen _912783
700			_aSimmons, Cortney _912784
773	0		_tJournal of Family Violence, 2024, 39: 153-163
830			_aJournal of Family Violence _94619
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-022-00483-6 _zDOI: 10.1007/s10896-022-00483-6 (Open access)
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE _hnews126