Family Court Library: Fact Findings- Domestic Abuse and Children

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The Impact of Domestic Abuse on Children

The Impact of Domestic Abuse

Ammerman et Al (2016) That Children can demonstrate a variety of internalizing and externalizing disorders, such as depression, anxiety, social withdrawal, aggressiveness, and conduct problems.

Devaney (2015) Children who have been exposed to domestic violence can exhibit emotional and behaviour disturbances. Exposure to domestic violence can impact on a child’s wellbeing and mental health, poor performance at school, poorly developed social networks and self-harming behaviour.

The Cycle of Change Theory by Prochaska and DiClemente (1983)

The five stages of change are precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance . Precontemplation is the stage at which there is no intention to change behaviour in the foreseeable future.