Behavior problems in children of battered women

<p>The purpose of this study was to address this question: Is there a relationship between the trauma symptoms of mothers and the behavior problems of their children in the context of domestic violence? Mothers' trauma symptoms significantly correlated with their children's behavior problems in these children between the ages of 3 to 10 years. Pearson correlations revealed that the mothers' defensive avoidance scale scores significantly correlated with their children's anxious/depressed and internalizing scale scores, mothers' depression and impaired self-reference scale scores significantly correlated with their children's withdrawn and internalizing scale scores, and mothers' dysfunctional sexual behavior and tension reduction behavior scale scores significantly correlated with their children's withdrawn scale scores. Implications for treating women and children of domestic violence are discussed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. in Mental Health Counseling and Applied Psychology

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2006

Author dc:creator

• Monahan, Stacey

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jeffrey, Linda

• Children of abused wives; Family violence
• Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/912

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-1912