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Estimating Canadian childhood exposure to intimate partner violence and other risky parental behaviors
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posted on 2018-07-27, 00:00 authored by C Kaukinen, RA Powers, Silke MeyerSilke MeyerUsing victimization data, this study provides national estimates of childhood exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) and other risky parental behaviors. According to respondent reports, 13% of these families are characterized by emotional abuse and 5% by physical violence. This equates to over 765,000 Canadian children potentially exposed to domestic abuse that includes emotional abuse and over 294,000 children exposed to physical violence. Our research further identifies that children residing in family households experiencing IPV are exposed to a multitude of other high-risk parental behaviors. When compared to children in nonvictim households, children in households experiencing IPV are more likely to have a parent using medications for sleep, to calm down, for depression, or having a parent that engages in binge drinking. These findings point to the importance of interventions addressing a multitude of risk factors present in families affected by IPV to minimize the adverse impacts on children.
History
Volume
13Issue
2-3Start Page
199End Page
218Number of Pages
20eISSN
1537-940XISSN
1537-9418Publisher
RoutledgePublisher DOI
Peer Reviewed
- Yes
Open Access
- No
External Author Affiliations
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA; University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USAEra Eligible
- Yes