Intimate Partner Violence and Child Development

Dear Colleagues,

There are strong relationships between exposure to intimate partner violence and child maltreatment. However, many statutory agencies are tasked with intervening for one or the other (adult victim or child victim). Increasingly, there are calls within the mental health, child protection, and judicial services for child-focused services to provide support for adults and for adult-focused services to also provide support for children. Unresolved childhood trauma is one of the key risk factors for intimate partner violence perpetration. The United States Centers for Disease Control have identified safe, stable, and nurturing relationships as fundamental in supporting children to thrive.

This Special Issue will focus on the impact of intimate partner violence on child development, providing an advocacy tool for viewing the family as a whole. We invite submissions that provide longitudinal examinations of the impact of intimate partner violence on child development. Of particular interest are papers that highlight potential points for intervention and “where we could do better”. Strengths-focused research, including research that highlights resiliency factors (or interventions) that have contributed to positive child development, while addressing exposure to violence, would also be of interest. We welcome papers that address associated risk factors (including poverty and drug/alcohol exposure), as well as those which seek to understand the experiences of indigenous communities and various ethnic backgrounds.

Dr. Pauline Gulliver
Ms. Brooke Takala
Guest Editors

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• intimate partner violence
• child development
• equities
• mental health
• adolescents
• children
• violence against women
• violence perpetration
• chronic stress
• adverse childhood experiences