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Children: Secondary Victims of Domestic Violence

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International Handbook of Human Response to Trauma

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Witnessing domestic violence as an influence on children’s development and child psychopathology received little attention until relatively recent times. Now, however, increasing attention is being paid to this subject and to the effects that witnessing or experiencing domestic violence may have on children in the short term and on their longer term development and psychological adjustment.

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  1. Traumatic Stress Clinic, London, W1P 1LB, England

    Dora Black

  2. St. George’s Hospital, London, SW17 0RE, England

    Martin Newman

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  3. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, South Australia, Australia

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Black, D., Newman, M. (2000). Children: Secondary Victims of Domestic Violence. In: Shalev, A.Y., Yehuda, R., McFarlane, A.C. (eds) International Handbook of Human Response to Trauma. Springer Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4177-6_9

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