The Impact of Family Violence on Children and Adol,9780761908975

The Impact of Family Violence on Children and Adol

by Javad H. Kashani; Wesley D. Allan
ISBN13: 9780761908975
ISBN10: 0761908978
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1998-03-09
Publisher(s): Sage Publications
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Summary

Examining family violence and its effects on children, this volume presents various definitions of family violence and theories for the origin of the problem. The authors: discuss different types of intrafamilial violence, and the effects of each on children and adolescents; explore family violence in non-western contexts; offer clinical and legal intervention and prevention strategies; and suggest future directions for research.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Introduction ix
Preface xi
Definition and Nature of Family Violence
1(5)
Definition of Family Violence
2(2)
Nature of Family Violence
4(2)
Etiology of Family Violence
6(12)
Biological Perspective
6(1)
Sociobiological Theory
7(1)
Intergenerational Transmission
8(2)
Family Systems Approaches
10(3)
Parental Alcohol Abuse
13(1)
Parental Personality Factors and Psychiatric Disorders
14(2)
Summary
16(2)
Caregiver Violence Toward Children
18(15)
The Impact of Caregiver Violence on the Child
19(1)
Physical Injury
20(1)
Cognitive Functioning
21(1)
Externalizing Problems
22(2)
Internalizing Problems
24(4)
Parent-Child Attachment and Child Social Development
28(2)
Sibling Violence
30(1)
Summary
31(2)
Child Witnessing of Family Violence
33(13)
The Nature of Spousal Violence
33(1)
Etiology of Spousal Violence
34(1)
Impact of Witnessing Spousal Violence on Children
35(2)
Externalizing Problems
37(1)
Internalizing Problems
37(2)
Social Development
39(1)
The Extreme Case: Spousal Homicide
40(1)
Elder Abuse
41(3)
Summary
44(2)
Psychological Maltreatment Within the Family
46(4)
Etiology and Prevalence of Psychological Maltreatment
47(1)
Impact of Psychological Maltreatment on Children and Adolescents
48(1)
Summary
49(1)
Cross-Cultural Perspective
50(6)
Patterns of Violence in Other Cultures
50(2)
Spousal Violence
52(1)
Violence Toward Children
52(1)
Violence Toward Elders
53(1)
Perceived Effects of Family Violence
53(1)
Societies Without Violence
54(1)
Summary
55(1)
Assessment Strategies
56(9)
General Child Assessment
56(1)
Assessment of Degree of Child Abuse
57(1)
Assessment of Degree of Child Witnessing of Family Violence
57(1)
Assessment of the Impact of Family Violence on the Child
58(4)
Family Assessment
62(1)
A Word on Validation of Family Violence
63(1)
Summary
64(1)
Intervention Strategies for the Violent Family
65(16)
Legal Responses
66(1)
Treatment of the Perpetrator
67(3)
Treatment of the Child Who Has Been Abused Within the Family
70(3)
Treatment of the Child Who Has Witnessed Family Violence
73(3)
Family Therapy for the Violent Family
76(4)
Summary
80(1)
The Resilient Child and Prevention Strategies
81(5)
Lessons From the Resilient Child
81(1)
Prevention Strategies
82(3)
Summary
85(1)
Discussion and Future Directions for Research
86(5)
Discussion
86(1)
Problems and Future Directions for Research
87(4)
References 91(12)
Index 103(8)
About the Authors 111

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