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- Title
Intimate Partner Violence: Building Resilience with Families and Children.
- Authors
Wortham, Thomasine T.
- Abstract
The article offers information on the intimate partner violence (IPV) and also discusses strength-based perspective to overcome the problem. Topics discussed include IPV involving physical and sexual maltreatment from an intimate partner, consequences of IPV including premature deaths, increased homicide rates and psychological trauma, effect of violent incidents on the mentality of children, and activation of resilience as strategies for strengthening families affected by IPV.
- Subjects
INTIMATE partner violence; EMOTIONAL trauma; PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience; PREVENTION of family violence; HOMICIDE
- Publication
Reclaiming Children & Youth, 2014, Vol 23, Issue 2, p58
- ISSN
1089-5701
- Publication type
Article