1) Parental stress from intimate partner violence (IPV) creates an unhealthy home environment that negatively impacts child development. Children in these situations often display symptoms of depression, anger, and difficulties adapting. 2) Exposure to IPV can lead children to exhibit internalizing behaviors like depression, externalizing behaviors like aggression, and problems with social adaptation. 3) While a direct correlation between IPV exposure and behavioral issues in children is unclear, the stressful environment surrounding IPV would not exist without the violence, so the two are still related. It is important to monitor children for issues and provide early family interventions.

1. PowerPoint Presentation Notes<br />Cheryl Drake<br />PSY 495: Advanced General Psychology<br />Argosy University<br />PowerPoint Presentation Notes<br />Slide 3<br />Parental stress appears to have the largest effect on children. Parental stress is present in homes with IPV and this stress creates an unhealthy environment where the children are not cared for as they should be and therefore do not develop appropriately situations (Goddard & Bedi, 2009; Huth-Bocks & Hughes, 2007; Mbilinyi, Edleson, Hageneister & Beeman, 2007; Moylan, Herrenkohl, Sousa, Tajima, Herrenkohl & Russo, 2009; Owen, Thompson, Shaffer, Jackson & Kaslow, 2009; van de Bosse & McGinn, 2009).<br />Slide 4<br />Children tend to model their parents. This modeling can lead the child to display symptoms of depression and/or anger (Adler, Rosenfeld & Proctor, 2009). Furthermore, adaptability is often an issue in these household. When adaptability is too high the family is chaotic. In a chaotic family there are often violent shifts in the family dynamics. When adaptability is too low a rigid family develops and there is one leader and his or her rules are never to be broken (Adler et al., 2009).<br />Slides 5, 6 and 7<br /> There are 3 main areas where children who were present for IPV behaved outside the norm for other children their age. These areas are internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors and social adaption (Glicken, 2004; Goddard & Bedi, 2009; Kashani & Allan, 1998). These will be discussed in slides 5, 6 and 7. <br />Slide 11<br />While IPV exposure does not appear to have a strong correlation with internalizing and externalizing behaviors, the environment which surrounds IPV would not be present of there was no violence so the two are related (Goddard & Bedi, 2009; Mbilinyi et al., 2007; Moylan et al., 2009; Huth-Bocks & Hughes, 2007; Owen et al. , 2009). It remains important to watch for warning signs so that early interventions can be made within the family. <br />References<br />Adler, R.B., Rosenfeld, L.B. & Proctor, R.F. (2007). Interplay: The process of interpersonal communication. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc. <br />Fantuzzo, J., Fusco, R., Mohr, W. & Perry, M. (2007). Domestic violence and children’s presence: A population-based study of law enforcement surveillance of domestic violence. Journal of Family Violence, 22(6), 331-340. doi: 10.1007/s10896-007-9080-4<br />Glicken, M.D. (2004). Violent young children. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc. <br />Goddard, C. & Bedi, G. (2010). Intimate partner violence and child abuse: A child centered-perspective. Child Abuse Review, 19(1), 5-20. DOI: 10.1002/car.1084 <br />Huth-Bocks, A. & Hughes, H. (2008). Parenting stress, parenting behavior, and children’s adjustment in families experiencing intimate partner violence. Journal of Family Violence, 23(4), 243-251. doi: 10.1007/s10896-007-9148-1<br />Kashani, H.K. & Allan, W.D. (1998) The impact of family violence on children and adolescents. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. <br />Mbilnyi, L., Edleson, J., Hagemesiter, A. & Beeman, S. (2007). What happens to children when their mothers are battered? Results from a four city anonymous telephone survey. Journal of Family Violence, 22(5), 309-317.doi: 10.1007/s10896-007-9087-x<br />Moylan, C., Herrenkohl, T., Sousa, C., Tajima, E., Herrenkohl, R. & Russo, M. (2010). The effects of child abuse and exposure to domestic violence on adolescent internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. Journal of Family Violence, 25(1), 53-63. doi: 10.1007/s10896-009-9269-9<br />Owen, A., Thompson, M., Shaffer, A., Jackson, E, & Kaslow, N. (2009). Family variables that mediate the relation between intimate partner violence (IPV) and child adjustment. Journal of family violence, 24(7), 433-445. doi: 10.1007/s10896-009-9239-2<br />Van den Bosse, S. & McGinn, M.A. (2009). Child welfare professionals’ experiences of childhood exposure to domestic violence. Child Welfare, 88(6), 49-65. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?hid=14&sid=4a870464-6a1c-4b12-bb17-ae3ffc11cd3b%40sessionmgr4&vid=38<br />