Similarities in behavioral and social maladjustment among child victims and witnesses to family violence

Peter Jaffe; David Wolfe; Susan Wilson; Lydia Zak

doi:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1986.tb01551.x

Similarities in behavioral and social maladjustment among child victims and witnesses to family violence

Am J Orthopsychiatry. 1986 Jan;56(1):142-146. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1986.tb01551.x.

Authors

Peter Jaffe¹, David Wolfe², Susan Wilson², Lydia Zak²

Affiliations

¹ London Family Court Clinic.
² University of Western Ontario.

PMID: 3946564
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1986.tb01551.x

Abstract

This study examines the impact of exposure to family violence on school-aged boys. Boys who had witnessed violence between their parents were compared to boys who had been abused by their parents. The findings indicate that boys exposed to violence had a pattern of adjustment problems similar to those of abused boys and significantly different in severity and type from those of a community comparison group.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Child
Child Abuse
Child Behavior Disorders / psychology
Child Reactive Disorders / psychology*
Child, Preschool
Gender Identity
Humans
Internal-External Control
Male
Social Adjustment*
Spouse Abuse
Violence*