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The Effects and Influences of Domestic Violence on Children

Long-Term Effects

  • Physical Health Problems
  • Behavior problems in adolescence (e.g., juvenile delinquency, alcohol/substance abuse)
  • Emotional difficulties in adulthood (e.g., depression, anxiety disorders, PTSD)
  • Lower scores on measures of verbal, motor, and social skills

Short-Term Effects

ACEs

  • Generalized anxiety
  • Intense worry about their safety or the safety of a parent.
  • Difficulty concentrating
  • Increased aggression
  • Increased anxiety about being separated from a parent.
  • Sleeplessness
  • Nightmares

What Children Need

  • Children need a safe and secure home environment
  • Children need to know that there are adults who will listen to them,believe them and shelter them
  • Children need a sense of routine and normalcy.
  • Children need adults to speak out and break the silence.
  • Children need to learn that domestic violence is wrong and learn non-violent methods of resolving conflicts.

Yotube.Adverse Childhood Experiences.Public Health Network. Nov 6, 2017.

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Children and Domestic Violence—December 2014.The National Child Traumatic Stress Network • www.nctsn.org

Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2014). Domestic violence and the child welfare system. Washington,DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,

Children’s Bureau

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