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Children Who Witness Domestic Violence: Research & Intervention :
A Selective Bibliography

Jeffrey L. Edleson
University of Minnesota

Publication Date: Not Available

Alesi, J. J., & Hearn, K. (1984). Group treatment of children in shelters for battered women. In A.R. Roberts (Ed.) Battered women and their families (pp. 49-61). NY: Springer.

Carlson, B. E. (1984). Children's observations of interpersonal violence. In A.R. Roberts (Ed.) Battered women and their families (pp. 147-167). NY: Springer.

Carlson, B. E. (1990). Adolescent observers of marital violence. Journal of Family Violence, 5, 285-299.

Christopherpoulos, C., Cohn, A. D., Shaw, D. S., Joyce, S., Sullivan-Hanson, J., Kraft, S. P., & Emery, R. E. (1987). Children of abused women: I. Adjustment at time of shelter residence. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 49, 611-619.

Davies, D. (1991). Intervention with male toddlers who have witnessed parental violence. Families in Society, 72, 515-524.

Davis, L. V., & Carlson, B. E. (1987). Observations of spouse abuse: What happens to the children? Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2, 278-291.

Elbow, M. (1982). Children of violent marriage: The forgotten victim. Social Casework, 8, 465-468.

Fantuzzo, J. W., & Lindquist, C. U. (1989). The effects of observing conjugal violence on children: A review and analysis of research methodology. Journal of Family Violence, 4, 77-94.

Fantuzzo, J. W., DePaola, L. M., Lambert, L., Martino, T., Angerson, G., & Sutton, S. (1991). Effects of interparental violence on the psychological adjustment and competencies of young children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59, 258-265.

Forsstrom-Choh, B., & Rosenbaum, A. (1985). The effects of parental marital violence on young adults: An exploratory investigation. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 47, 467-472.

Garbarino, J., Guttmann, E., Guttmann, S., & Wilson, J. (1986). The psychologically battered child. San Francisco: JosseyBass.

Gentry, C. E., & Eaddy, V. B. (1980). Treatment of children in spouse abusive families. Victimology, 2-4, 240-250.

Gibson, J. W. & Gutierrez, L. (1991). A service program for safe-home children. Families in Society, 72, 554-562.

Goodman, G. S., & Rosenberg, M. S. (1987). The child witness to family violence: Clinical and legal considerations. In D.J. Sonkin (Ed.). Domestic violence on trial (pp. 97-126). New York: Springer.

Grusznski, R. G., Brink, J. C., & Edleson, J. L. (1988) Support and education groups for children of battered women. Child Welfare, 67, 431-444.

Grych, John H., Seid, M., & Fincham, F. D. (1992). Assessing marital conflict from the child's perspective: The children's perception of interparental conflict scale. Child Development, 63, 558-572.

Grych, J. H., & Fincham, F. D. (1990). Marital conflict and children's adjustment: A cognitive-contextual framework. Psychological Bulletin, 108, 267-290.

Hershorn, M., & Rosenbaum, A. (1985). Children of marital violence: A closer look at the unintended victims. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 55, 260-266.

Hinchey, F. S., & Gavelek, J.R. (1982). Empathic responding in children of battered women. Child Abuse & Neglect, 6, 395-401.

Holden, G. W., & Ritchie, K. L. (1991). Linking extreme marital discord, child rearing, and child behavior problems: Evidence from battered women. Child Development, 62, 311-327.

Hughes, H. M. (1982). Brief interventions with children in a battered women's shelter: A model preventive program. Family Relations, 31, 495-502.

Hughes, H. M. (1988). Psychological and behavioral correlates of family violence in child witnesses and victims. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 58, 77-90.

Hughes, H. M., & Barad, S. J. (1983). Psychological functioning of children in battered women's shelters: A preliminary investigation. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 53, 525-531.

Hughes, H. M., Parkinson, D., & Vargo, M. (1989). Witnessing spouse abuse and experiencing physical abuse: A "double whammy"? Journal of Family Violence, 4, 197-209.

Hughes, H. M., Vargo, M. C., Ito, E. S., & Skinner, S. K. (1991). Psychological adjustment of children of battered women: Influences of gender. Family Violence Bulletin, 7, 15-17.

Jaffe, P. G., Wolfe, David A., & Wilson, S. (1990). Children of battered women. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Jaffe, P. G., Wilson, S., & Wolfe, D. A. (1986). Promoting changes in attitudes and understanding conflict among child witnesses of family violence. Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science, 18, 356-380.

Jaffe, P. G., Wolfe, D. A., Wilson, S., & Zak, L. (1986). Family violence and child adjustment: A comparative analysis of girls' and boys' behavioral symptoms. American Journal of Psychiatry, 143, 74-76.

Jaffe, P. G., Wolfe, D. A., Wilson, S., & Zak, L. (1986). Similarities in behavioral and social maladjustment among child victims and wintesses to family violence. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 56, 142-146.

Jouriles, E. N., Murphy, C. M., & O'Leary, D. K. (1989). Interspousal aggression, marital discord, and child problems. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 57, 453-455.

Lamb, M. E., Sternberg, K. J., & Esplin, P. W. (1994). Factors influencing the reliability and validity of statements made by young victims of sexual maltreatment. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 15, 255-280.

Layzer, J. I., Goodson, B.D., & Delange, C. (1986). Children in shelters. Response to Victimization of Women and Children, 9(2), 2-5.

Levine, M. B. (1975). Interpersonal violence and its effect on children: A study of 50 children in general practice. Medicine, Science and Law, 15, 172-176.

McClosky, L. A., Figueredo, A. J., & Koss, M. P. (1995). The effects of systemic family violence on children's mental health. Child Development, 66, 1239-1261.

Moore, J. G. (1975). Yo-yo children: Victims of matrimonial violence. Child Welfare, 54, 557-566.

Peled, E. (1993). Children who witness women battering: Concerns and dilemmas in the construction of a social problem. Children and Youth Services Review, 15, 43-52.

Peled, E., & Davis, D. (1995). Groupwork with children of battered women: A practitioner's manual. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Peled, E., & Edleson, J. L. (1992). Multiple perspectives on groupwork with children of battered women. Violence & Victims, 7, 191-206.

Peled, E., Jaffe, Peter G., & Edleson, J. L. (Eds.) (1995) Ending the cycle of violence: Community responses to children of battered women. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Pfouts, J. H., Schopler, J. H., & Hanley, H. C. (1981). Deviant behavior in child victims and bystanders in violent families. In R.J. Hunner & Y.E. Walker (Eds.). Exploring the relationship between child abuse and delinquency (pp. 79-99). New York: Allaheld, Osman.

Ragg, D. M., & Webb, C. (1992). Group treatment for the preschool child witness of spouse abuse. Journal of Child and Youth Care, 7, 1-19.

Rosenbaum, A., & O'Leary, K. D. (1981). Children: The unintended victims of marital violence. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 51, 692-699.

Roy, M. (1988). Children in the crossfire: Violence in the home - How does it affect our children? Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications.

Sternberg, K. J., Lamb, M. E., Greenbaum, C., Dawud, S., Cortes, R. M., & Lorey, F. (1994). The effects of domestic violence on children's perceptions of their perpetrating and nonperpetrating parents. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 17, 779-795.

Sternberg, K. J., Lamb, M. E., Greenbaum, C., Cicchetti, D., Dawud, S., Cortes, R. M., Krispin, O., & Lorey, F. (1993). Effects of domestic violence on children's behavior problems and depression. Developmental Psychology, 29, 44-52.

Silvern, L., & Kaersvang, L. (1989). The traumatized children of violent marriages. Child Welfare, 68, 421-439.

Stagg, V., Wills, G. D., & Howell, M. (1989). Psychopathology in early childhood witnesses of family violence. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 9, 73-87.

Westra, B., & Martin, H. P. (1981). Children of battered women. Maternal Child Nursing Journal, 10, 41-54.

Wilson, S. K., Cameron, S., Jaffe, P. G., & Wolfe, D. (1986). Manual for a group program for children exposed to wife abuse. London, Ontario: London Family Court Clinic.

Wolfe, D. A., Jaffe, P. G., Wilson, S. K., & Zak, L. (1985). Children of battered women: The relation of child behavior to family violence and maternal stress. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 53, 657-665.

Wolfe, D. A., Jaffe, P. G., Wilson, S. K., & Zak, L. (1988). A multivariate investigation of children's adjustment to family violence. In G. T. Hotaling, D. Finkelhor, J. T. Kirkpatrick, & M. A. Straus (Eds.). Family Abuse and Its Consequences: New Directions in Research (pp. 228-241). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Wolfe, D. A., Zak, L., Wilson, S., & Jaffe, P. G. (1986). Child witnesses to violence between parents: Critical issues in behavioral and social adjustment. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 14, 95-104.

Wolfe, David A. (1991). Preventing physical and emotional abuse of children. New York, NY: Guilford Press.

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