Exposed To Domestic Violence
Violence in the Home:
Affects on a Child Who is Exposed to Domestic Violence
Introduction
Domestic violence is a devastating social problem that impacts every segment of the population. While system responses are primarily targeted toward adult victims of abuse, increased attention is now being focused on the children who witness domestic violence (C.W.I.G, 2009). Domestic Violence has severe effects on the children who witness such acts. Science shows that exposure to circumstances that produce persistent fear and chronic anxiety can have lifelong consequences by disrupting the developing architecture of the brain. (National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, 2010. Pg.1). The types of problems the child encounters involve immediate …show more content…
Domestic violence can be defined as the systematic abuse by one person in an intimate relationship in order to control and dominate the partner (Berns, 2013. Pg. 237). A child who suffers from the personality altering traits of these acts becomes a burden and an abnormal member of society. Domestic violence is found in all socioeconomic cultures (Berns, 2013. Pg. 236)Socialization is the process by which individuals acquire the knowledge, skills and character traits that enable them to participate as effective members of groups and society(Berns, 2013. Pg.6). When the process of socialization is disturbed a child cannot grow to their full potential, and this is also known as child neglect. Risk factors include those that are ongoing, such as parental history of being abused, and those that are transient, such as a parent’s loss of job (Berns, 2013. Pg. 147). The cost to children is cumulative over time, from emotional disturbance in childhood to reenacting the violence in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood; it also takes a toll on the family and the community the child resides in. The child will often mirror what they have seen, and think that such acts are acceptable and sometimes mandatory in dealing with day to day obstacles. Research shows that when these children become adults they suffer from depression, low self-esteem, emotional trauma and posttraumatic stress, and re-victimization are often experienced by survivors of violence (Olsen, 2012).Many abusers have a family history of being maltreated (Berns, 2013. Pg. 147); Thus stating that the effected child with continue on to repeat or accept spousal violence in the future, and create a vicious cycle of destructive
Affects on a Child Who is Exposed to Domestic Violence
Introduction
Domestic violence is a devastating social problem that impacts every segment of the population. While system responses are primarily targeted toward adult victims of abuse, increased attention is now being focused on the children who witness domestic violence (C.W.I.G, 2009). Domestic Violence has severe effects on the children who witness such acts. Science shows that exposure to circumstances that produce persistent fear and chronic anxiety can have lifelong consequences by disrupting the developing architecture of the brain. (National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, 2010. Pg.1). The types of problems the child encounters involve immediate …show more content…
Domestic violence can be defined as the systematic abuse by one person in an intimate relationship in order to control and dominate the partner (Berns, 2013. Pg. 237). A child who suffers from the personality altering traits of these acts becomes a burden and an abnormal member of society. Domestic violence is found in all socioeconomic cultures (Berns, 2013. Pg. 236)Socialization is the process by which individuals acquire the knowledge, skills and character traits that enable them to participate as effective members of groups and society(Berns, 2013. Pg.6). When the process of socialization is disturbed a child cannot grow to their full potential, and this is also known as child neglect. Risk factors include those that are ongoing, such as parental history of being abused, and those that are transient, such as a parent’s loss of job (Berns, 2013. Pg. 147). The cost to children is cumulative over time, from emotional disturbance in childhood to reenacting the violence in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood; it also takes a toll on the family and the community the child resides in. The child will often mirror what they have seen, and think that such acts are acceptable and sometimes mandatory in dealing with day to day obstacles. Research shows that when these children become adults they suffer from depression, low self-esteem, emotional trauma and posttraumatic stress, and re-victimization are often experienced by survivors of violence (Olsen, 2012).Many abusers have a family history of being maltreated (Berns, 2013. Pg. 147); Thus stating that the effected child with continue on to repeat or accept spousal violence in the future, and create a vicious cycle of destructive