Roy C. Herrenkohl

TL;DR: Evidence from the studies reviewed suggests considerable overlap, compounding effects, and possible gender differences in outcomes of violence exposure, indicating a need to apply a broad conceptualization of risk to the study of family violence and its effects on children.

TL;DR: Results show that child abuse, domestic violence, and both in combination increase a child’s risk for internalizing and externalizing outcomes in adolescence, and the effects of exposure for boys and girls are statistically comparable.

TL;DR: Preventing child abuse and children’s exposure to domestic violence could lessen the risk of antisocial behavior during adolescence, as could strengthening parent—child attachments in adolescence, but strengthening attachments between parents and children after exposure may not be sufficient to counter the negative impact of earlier violence trauma.

TL;DR: Response to supportive influences in the extended family and wider community, as well as determination to be different from abusive parents, is emphasized as crucial to resilient behavior and is illustrated by a case study.

TL;DR: In this article, the extent of overlap and predictive strength of multiple forms of child maltreatment and stressors internal and external to the family was examined, and it was found that a strong association was found between physical and sexual abuse, neglect, and exposure to domestic violence.