Table 2 Included studies evaluating the psychological impacts of domestic violence on children
From: Psychological complications of the children exposed to domestic violence: a systematic review
Authors (Ref.) | Year | Country | Sample size | Findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Levendosky and Bermann (2001) | 2001 | USA | 120 | Ecological framework and trauma theory for the effects of DV on children. Altered behavior in developing children |
Huth-Bocks et al. (2001) | 2001 | USA | 100 | Poorer verbal and intellectual abilities |
Levendosky et al. (2002) | 2002 | USA | 62 | Trauma symptoms as common reactions in children who witness DV. Recommendation for clinicians and school counselors to screen DV in children with behavioral and emotional problems |
Spilsbury et al. (2008) | 2008 | USA | 175 | Psychological maladjustment, internalizing, and externalizing problems |
Fusco and Fantuzzo (2009) | 2009 | USA | 1581 | Children involved in DV events physically and emotionally |
Torteya et al. (2009) | 2009 | USA | 190 | DV was associated with internalizing or externalizing symptoms. Influence on children’s adaptation |
Rigterink et al. (2010) | 2010 | USA | 130 | Increased baseline vagal tone, stress symptoms |
Fortin et al. (2011) | 2011 | Canada | 79 | Effects on children’s adjustment, internalizing problems, perceived threat, parentification and loyalty conflicts |
Thornton (2014) | 2014 | UK | 8 | Negative and overwhelming emotions for young children |
Naughton et al. (2017) | 2017 | Ireland | 465 | Reduced psychological wellbeing and social support satisfaction, the suppression effect |
Dargis and Koenigs (2017) | 2017 | USA | 127 | Interpersonal/affective features of psychopathy, later psychopathic traits |
Cho (2018) | 2018 | South Korea | 1335 | Aggressive behavior, depression, anxiety, juvenile delinquency |
Forke et al. (2018) | 2018 | USA | 907 | Higher perpetration for boys and higher combined victimization/perpetration for girls |
Paul (2019) | 2019 | France | 46 | Post-traumatic stress symptoms |
Hussain et al. (2019) | 2019 | Pakistan | 269 | Mental depression, humiliation, and public ridicule, negative effects on children’s cognitive growth |
Cho (2019) | 2019 | South Korea | 421 | Depression and anxiety, delinquent behavior, affected sociality, and educational performance |
Fogarty et al. (2020) | 2020 | Australia | 1060 | Emotional-behavioral resilience |