Children's physical health complaints after exposure to intimate partner violence
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Objectives A clear association between exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) and children's physical health is still not well determined, because adverse effects might be explained by the confounding detrimental effects of other traumatic experiences. This study investigated whether children exposed to IPV have higher risks for physical health complaints compared to children in a general population sample. Second, health complaint differences were explored between IPV witnesses and those who in addition experienced other forms of abuse or neglect. Design Risk estimates for 21 everyday physical health complaints were made for children exposed to IPV compared to a general population sample using odds ratios. Methods Primary caregivers of 275 child witnesses of IPV (6-12 years of age) referred to several specialized mental health or child welfare institutes throughout the Netherlands (2004-2009) reported on children's somatic complaints using 21 items of the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001) reflecting sleeping, eating, pain complaints, and self-harm. Results Compared to a population sample (n= 903), child witnesses more often experienced health complaints, in particular, more eating, sleeping, and pain problems and more self-harm. Few differences in health complaints were found between child witnesses with and without additional adverse experiences of maltreatment. Conclusions The degree of physical health complaints in children exposed to IPV i…
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Children who are exposed to IPV have significantly more eating, sleeping, and pain complaints than children who have not been exposed to domestic violence.
“Children who are exposed to IPV also have significantly more eating, sleeping, and pain complaints than children who have not been exposed to domestic violence (Lamers-Winkelman, Schipper, & Oosterman, 2012).”
From A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON THE IMPACT OF EXPOSURE TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH (2014) · cites this paper as Lamers-Winkelman, Schipper, & Oosterman, 2012
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- Authors
- Lamers‐Winkelman, F., Schipper, J. C. D., & Oosterman, M.
- Affiliations
- Amsterdam Public Health (NL)
- Venue
- British Journal of Health Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2012-04-10
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 771-784
- ISSN
- 1359-107X (ISSN-L)
- 2044-8287
- OpenAlex
- W2149152167
- Cited by
- 46
- References
- 4
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- FWCI
- 4.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- British Journal of Health Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- VU Research Portal (publishedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- intimate partner violence, physical health complaints, somatic symptoms, feeding difficulties, sleep disorders, pain complaints, self-harm, child abuse, childhood adversity, primary caregivers, Child Behavior Checklist, child mental health services, child welfare services
- MeSH terms
- Child, Child Welfare, Female, Health Status, Humans, Male, Netherlands, Pain, Parent-Child Relations, Risk, Sleep Wake Disorders, Odds Ratio, Self-Injurious Behavior, Domestic Violence, Crime Victims
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