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

American Journal of OrthopsychiatryPublished 1 January 1986

Peter G. Jaffe, David A. Wolfe, Susan K. Wilson, Lydia Zak

DOI10.1111/j.1939-0025.1986.tb01551.x

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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.

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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.

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