According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (2014). Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is the act of violence towards a male or female partner which inflicts physical, sexual or psychological harm. It is also a series of coercive or manipulative behaviors enforced in a relationship to gain control of the victim’s quality of life. While recent media coverage of female victims increased IPV’s awareness and response from our society, it has done little to draw attention to the children, and adolescents who are exposed to the violence. Although the literature covers a lot of information from theorist’s, this literature review primary focus will be about children and adolescents who are expose to IPV and exhibits negative behavioral …show more content…
Georgsson, Almqvust and Broberg (2011) states that IPV challenges children’s developmental skills and impacts their overall well- being. These challenges might imply that behavior changes can be displayed in children and adolescents cognitive, emotional, social, physical and psychological areas. Although this can be disputed by a few theorist who feels that cognitive and academic behavior in children exposed to IPV have not been research enough and more investigation is needed, the authors Hungerford, Ogle and Clements (2010) states that a child exposed to family violence where both the parent and child are consistent in their view of the severity of the violence can also be an indicator of how family violence increases a child’s behavior. Theories have been offered to explain what creates behavioral changes in children and adolescents who witness and experience IPV. Many theorist contend that children and adolescents suffer just as much as the victim and usually exhibit signs of abuse such as depression, anxiety and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Theorist also assert that age, gender length, severity of abuse, and relationship with the abuser all impact their …show more content…
When current thinking about relationships begin to form outside the family such as in schools or around other children. Past research suggest that adolescent’s behavior appears to increase with aggression as they perceive aggression. The parental conflict that occurs exposes them toward aggression among peers and date partners (De-Board- Lucas & Gyrch, 2011). IPV has an impact on Children’s adjustment in life and affects their well-being and future relationships with others. Their misconstrued perception of what a male- female relationship is supposed to be might consist of a very violent and abusive image such as “one parent beating or burning the other or threatening to use or using a knife or gun on their partner or forcing their partner to have sex with them” (Ehrensaft et al.2003, cited in DeBoard- Lucas & Grych, 2011). This is supported by Graham- Bermann, and Perkins (2010) who found that children who witnessed IPV at an early age are impacted in various stages of their life- span. Graham- Bermann and Perkins (2010) argued that family violence exposure affects young children adjustments more than pre- teens exposed to IPV around their pre- teen years. The younger the children when they experienced