Bibliographies
References for Professionals
Note: The items in this bibliography were selected by the staff of the Child Witness to Violence Project and do not represent the extent of the literature available on these topics.
Aisenberg, E.,& Herrenkohl, T. (2008). Community violence in context: Risk and resilience in children and families. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23 (3), 296 – 315.
Augustyn, M., Parker, S., Groves, B.M., & Zuckerman, B. (August, 1995). Silent victims: Children who witness violence. Contemporary Pediatrics, 12 (8) 35–57.
Bair-Merritt, M.H., Blackstone. M., & Feudtner, C. (2006). Physical health outcomes of childhood exposure to intimate partner violence: A systematic review. Pediatrics, 117, e278-e290.
Ballif-Spanvill, B., Clayton, C.J., Nichols, R., & Kramer, R.E. (2008). Influence of interparental violence on children's attributions of violent and peaceful emotions in conflict scenarios. Journal of Emotional Abuse, 8 (3), 299-324.
Becker, K. B., & McCloskey, L. A. (2002). Attention and conduct problems in children exposed to family violence. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 72 (1), 83–91.
Berkowitz S. (2003). Children exposed to community violence: The rationale for early intervention. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 6 (4), 293-302.
Bonanno, G.A. (2004). Loss, trauma, and human resilience: Have we underestimated the human capacity to thrive after extremely aversive events? American Psychologist, 59 (1).
Carpenter, G. L., & Stacks, A.M. (2009). Developmental effects of exposure to intimate partner violence in early childhood: A review of the literature. Children and Youth Services Review, 31 (8), 831-839.
Carter, L. & Steverson, C. (1999). The future of children: Domestic violence and children. Los Altos, CA. The David and Lucille Packard Foundation.
Chu, A.T., & Lieberman A.F. (2010). Clinical implications of traumatic stress from birth to age five. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 6 (4) 69-94.
Coates, S., & Gaensbauer, T.J. (2009). Event trauma in early childhood: Symptoms, assessment, intervention. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 18 (3), 611-26.
Cohen, J.A, Perel, J.M, DeBellis, M.D, Friedman, M.J, & Putnam, F. (2002). Treating traumatized children: Clinical implications of the psychobiology of posttraumatic stress disorder. Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 3 (2), 91-108.
Cohen, J.A., Deblinger, E., Mannarino, A.P., & deArellano, A. (2001). The importance of culture in treating abused and neglected children: An empirical view. Child Maltreatment, 6 (2), 148–157.
Cohen, J.A. , Berliner, L., & March, J.S. (2000). Treatment of children and adolescents. In E.B. Foa, T.M. Keane, & M.J. Friedman (Eds.), Effective treatment for PTSD: Practice Guidelines from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (pp. 106-138). New York, NY: Guilford.
D’Imperio, R.F., Dubow, E.F. & Ippolito, M.F. (2000). Resilient and stress-affected adolescents in an urban setting. Journal of Clinical and Child Psychology, 29, 129–142.
Douglas, K. S., & Dutton, D.G. (2001). Assessing the link between stalking and domestic violence. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 6, 519–546.
Edelson, J.L. (2003). How children are involved in adult domestic violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18 (8), 18–32.
Edelson, J.L. (1999). Children’s witnessing of adult domestic violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 14 (8), 839–870.
Edelson, J.L. (1999). The overlap between child maltreatment and women battering. Violence Against Women, 5 (2), 134–154.
Evans, S.E., Davies, C., & DiLillo, D.K. (2008). Exposure to domestic violence: A meta-analysis of child and adolescent outcomes. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 13 (2), 131-140.
Excessive Stress Disrupts the Architecture of the Brain. (2005). National Scientific Council on the Developing Child,Working Paper #3. Retrieved 10/4/06 from http://www.developingchild.net/reports.shtml
Faller, K.C. (2003). Research and practice in child interviewing: Implications for children exposed to domestic violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18 (4), 377–389.
Farver, J. M., & Xu, Y. (2005). Community violence, family conflict, and preschoolers’ socioemotional functioning. Developmental Psychology, 41 (1), 160-170.
Feerick, M.M., & Haugaard, J.J. (1999). The long-term effects of witnessing marital violence for women: The contribution of early childhood physical and sexual abuse. Journal of Family Violence, 14 (4), 377–398.
Finkelhor, D., Turner, H., Ormrod, R., & Hamby, S. (2009). Violence, abuse, and crime exposure in a national sample of children and youth. Pediatrics, 124 (5), 1411-1423.
Finkelhor, D., Ormrod, R.K., & Turner, H.A. (2009). Lifetime assessment of poly-victimization in a national sample of children and youth. Child Abuse & Neglect, 33 (7), 403-411.
Fraiberg, S., Adelson, E., & Shapiro, V. (1980). Ghosts in the nursery: A psychoanalytic approach to the problems of impaired infant-mother relationships. In S. Fraiberg (Ed.), Clinical studies in infant mental health: The first year of life (pp. 164-196). New York, NY: Basic Books.
Freeman, J. Epston, D. & Lobovits, D. (1997). Play approaches to serious problems. New York, NY: Norton.
Gaensbauer T.J., & Jordan L. (2009). Psychoanalytic perspectives on early trauma: Interviews with thirty analysts who treated an adult victim of a circumscribed trauma in early childhood. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 57 (4), 947-77.
Garbarino, J., Dubrow, N., Costly, K., Pardo, C. (1998). Children in danger: Coping with the consequences of community violence. San Francisco, CA: Josses Bass.
Gil, E. (1991). The healing power of play: Working with abused children. New York, N.Y.: Guilford Press.
Graham-Bermann, S. A, Gruber, G., Howell, K.H, & Girz, L. (2009). Factors discriminating among profiles of resilience and psychopathology in children exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV). Child Abuse and Neglect, 33 (9), 648-660.
Groves, B.M. (1996). Children without refuge: Young witnesses to domestic violence. In J. Osofsky & E. Fenichel (Eds.), Islands of safety. Washington, DC: Zero to Three.
Groves, B.M. (1996). Growing up in a violent world: The impact of family and community violence on young children and their families. In E. Erwin (Ed.), Putting children first: Visions for a brighter future for children (pp. 74-102). Boston, MA: Brookes.
Groves B. M. (2002). Children who see too much: Lessons from the Child Witness to Violence Project. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
Groves, B.M., & Mazur, S. (March, 1995). Shelter from the storm: Using the classroom to help children cope with violence. Beginnings, 47–49.
Groves, B.M., Roberts, E., & Weinreb, M.L. (2000). Clinical intervention with children affected by domestic violence: A curriculum for mental health clinicians. Boston, MA: Child Witness to Violence Project at Boston Medical Center.
Groves, B.M., & Zuckerman, B. (1997). Interventions with parents and caregivers of children who are exposed to violence. In J. Osofsky (Eds.), Children in a violent society (pp. 183-201). New York: Guilford Press.
Groves, B.M., Zuckerman, B., Marans, S., Cohen, D. (January 13,1993). Silent victims: Children who witness violence. Journal of the American Medical Association, 269 (2), 262–264.
Gunnar, M.R., Fisher, P.A., & The Early Experience, Stress, and Prevention Network. (2006). Bringing basic research on early experience and stress neurobiology to bear on preventive interventions for neglected and maltreated children. Development and Psychopathology, 18 (3), 651–677.
Higley, E., & Dozier, M. (2009). Nighttime maternal responsiveness and infant attachment at one year. Attachment & Human Development, 11 (4), 347-363.
Holden, G.W., Geffner, R.A., Jouriles, E.N. (1998). Children exposed to marital violence: Theory, research, and applied issues. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Howell, K.H., Graham-Bermann, S.A., Czyz, E., & Lilly, M.M. (2010). Assessing resilience in preschool children exposed to intimate partner violence. Violence and Victims, 25 (2), 150-164.
Humphreys, C., Lowe, P., & Williams, S. (2009). Sleep disruption and domestic violence: Exploring the interconnections between mothers and children. Child and Family Social Work, 14 (1), 6-14.
Hurt, H., Malmud, E., Brodsky, N.L., & Giannetta, J. (2004). Exposure to violence:
Psychological and academic correlates in child witnesses. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 155 (12), 1351-1356.
Israel, E., & Stover, C. S. (2009). Intimate partner violence: The role of the relationship between perpetrators and children who witness violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24 (10), 1755-1764.
Jaffe, P.G., Baker, L.L, & Cunningham, A.J. (2004). Protecting children from domestic violence: Strategies for community intervention. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Jaffe, P.G., & Geffner, R. (1998). Child custody disputes and domestic violence: Critical issues for mental health, social services and legal professionals. In G. Holden, R. Geffner & E. Jouriles (Eds.), Children exposed to marital violence (pp. 371–408). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Jaycox, L. (2004). CBITS: Cognitive behavioral intervention for trauma in schools. Sopris West Educational Services. For order information: www.sopriswest.com
Jouriles, E.N., McDonald, R., Rosenfield, D., Stephens N, Corbitt-Shindler D., & Miller, P.C. (2009). Reducing conduct problems among children exposed to intimate partner violence: A randomized clinical trial examining effects of Project Support. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77 (4), 705-717.
Jouriles, E.N., Brown, A. S, McDonald, R., Rosenfield, D., Leahy, M.M., & Silver, C. (2008). Intimate partner violence and preschoolers' explicit memory functioning. Journal of Family Psychology, 22 (3), 420-428.
Kagan, R. (2009). Transforming troubled children into tomorrow's heroes. In D. Brom, R. Pat-Horenczyk, & J.D. Ford (Eds.), Treating traumatized children: Risk, resilience and recovery (pp. 255-268). New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.
Kagan, R. (2004). Rebuilding attachments with traumatized children: Healing from losses, violence, abuse, and neglect. New York, NY: Haworth Maltreatment and Trauma Press.
Kataoka, S. H., Stein, B. D., Jaycox, L. H., Wong, M., Escudero, P., Tu, W., Zaragoza, C., & Fink, A. (2003). A school-based mental health program for traumatize Latino immigrant children. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 42 (3), 311–318.
Katz, M. (1997). On playing a poor hand well: Insights from those who have overcome childhood risks and adversities. New York, NY: Norton.
Kaufman, J., Henrich, C.C. (2000). Exposure to violence and early childhood trauma. In C.H. Zeanah, Jr. & H. Charles (Eds.), Handbook of infant mental health (2nd ed., pp. 195-207). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Kearney, M. (1999). The role of teachers in helping children of domestic violence. Childhood Education, 75 (5), 290.
Kilpatrick, K.L., & Williams, M. (1998). Potential mediators of post-traumatic stress disorder in child witnesses to domestic violence. Child Abuse and Neglect, 22, (4), 319–330.
Kilpatrick, K.L., Litt, M. & Williams, L.M. (1997). Post-traumatic stress disorder in child witness to domestic violence. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 67 (4), 639–644.
Kitzman, K., Gaylord, N., Holt, A.R., & Kenny, E.D. (2003). Child witness to domestic violence: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71 (2), 339–352.
Kletter, H., Weems, C. F., & Carrion, V.G. (2009). Guilt and posttraumatic stress symptoms in child victims of interpersonal violence. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 14 (1), 71-83.
Klingman, A. & Cohen, E. (2004). School-based multisystemic interventions for mass trauma. Hingham, MA: Kluwer.
Knitzer, J. (2000). Promoting resilience: Helping young children and parents affected by substance abuse, domestic violence, and depression in the context of welfare reform. New York: National Center for Children in Poverty.
Koenen, K.C., Moffitt, T.E., Poulton, R., Martin, J., & Caspi, A. (2007). Early childhood factors associated with the development of posttraumatic stress disorder: Results from a longitudinal birth cohort. Psychological Medicine, 37 (2), 181-192.
Lang, J.M., & Stover, C. S. (2008). Symptom patterns among youth exposed to intimate partner violence. Journal of Family Violence, 23 (7), 619-629.
Lawton, E., & Groves, B.M. (2000). Responding to domestic violence in custody cases. ABA Child Law Practice, 18 (12), 181–187.
Levin, A., & Mills, L.G. (2003). Fighting for child custody when domestic violence is at issue: Survey of state laws. Social Work, 48 (4), 463–471.
Lieberman, A.F., & Van Horn, P. (2008). Coping with danger: The stress-trauma continuum. In A.F. Lieberman & P. Van Horn (Eds.), Psychotherapy with infants and young children: Repairing the effects of stress and trauma and on early attachment (pp. 35-63). New York, NY: Guildford Press.
Lieberman, A., & Van Horn, P. (2008). Psychotherapy with infants and young children: Repairing the effects of stress and trauma on early attachment. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Lieberman, A.F., Padrón, E., Van Horn, P., & Harris, W.W. (2005). Angels in the nursery: The intergenerational transmission of benevolent parental influences. Infant Mental Health Journal, 26 (6), 504-520.
Lieberman, A. & Van Horn, P. (2004). Don’t hit my Mommy: A manual for child-parent psychotherapy with young witnesses of family violence. Washington, DC: Zero to Three.
Lieberman, A.F. (2004). Traumatic stress and quality of attachment: Reality and internalization in disorders of infant mental health. Infant Mental Health Journal, 25 (4), 336-351.
Lieberman, A., & Van Horn, P. (1998). Attachment, trauma, and domestic violence: Implications for child custody. Child and Adolescents Psychiatry Clinics of North America, 7 (2), 423–443.
Luthar, S.S., Cicchetti, D., & Becker, B. (2000). The construct of resilience: A critical evaluation and guidelines for future work. Child Development, 71 (3), 543-562.
Luthra, R., Abramovitz, R., Greenberg, R., Schoor, A., Newcorn, J., Schmeidler, J., Levine, P., Nomura, Y., & Chemtob, C.M. (2009). Relationship between type of trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder among urban children and adolescents. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24 (11), 1919-1927.
Masten, A.S. (2001). Ordinary magic: Resilience processes in development. American Psychologist, 56, 227–238.
Mazza, J.J., & Reynolds, W.M. (2000). Children and adolescents exposed to community violence: A mental health perspective for school psychologists. School Psychology Review, 29, 86–101.
Meichenbaum, D. (2009). Bolstering resilience: Benefiting from lessons learned. In D. Brom, R. Pat-Horenczyk, & J.D. Ford (Eds.), Treating traumatized children: Risk, resilience and recovery (pp. 183-191). New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.
Milot, T., Éthier, L.S., St-Laurent, D., & Provost, M.A. (2010). The role of trauma symptoms in the development of behavioral problems in maltreated preschoolers. Child Abuse & Neglect, 34 (4), 225-234.
Nugent, N.R, Saunders, B.E., Williams, L.M., Hanson, R., Smith, D.W., & Fitzgerald, M.M. (2009). Posttraumatic stress symptom trajectories in children living in families reported for family violence. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22 (5), 460-466.
Orbach, Y., Lamb, M. E., Sternberg, K. J., Williams, J.M.G., & Dawud-Noursi, S. (2001). The effect of being a victim or witness of family violence on the retrieval of autobiographical memories. Child Abuse & Neglect, 25, 1427–1437.
Osofsky J.D. (2004). Young Children and Trauma. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Overstreet, S. & Braun, S. (2000). Exposure to community violence and post-traumatic stress disorders in a community sample of adolescents. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 70 (2), 263–271.
Peebles, M. S., Cook, C. A. & Zeanah, C. H. (2001). Toward establishing procedural, criterion, and discriminant validity for PTSD in early childhood. Journal of the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, 40 (1).
Reihing, K.M. (1999). Protecting victims of domestic violence and their children after divorce: The American Law Institute’s model. Family and Conciliation Courts Review, 37 (3).
Rice, K.F. & Groves, B. (2005). Hope and healing: A caregiver’s guide to helping young children affected by trauma. Washington DC: Zero to Three Press.
Rossman, B.B.R. (2000). Time heals all: How much and for whom? Journal of Emotional Abuse, 2 (1), 31–50.
Salloum, A. (2008). Group therapy for children after homicide and violence: A pilot study. Research on Social Work Practice, 18 (3), 198-211.
Schechter, D.S., & Willheim, E. (2009). Disturbances of attachment and parental psychopathology in early childhood. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 18 (3), 665-86.
Scheeringa, M.S. (2009). Posttraumatic stress disorder. In C.H. Zeanah, Jr. (Ed.), Handbook of infant mental health (3rd ed., pp. 345-361). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Scheeringa, M.S. (2008). Developmental considerations for diagnosing PTSD and acute stress disorder in preschool and school-aged children. American Journal of Psychiatry, 165 (10), 1237-1239.
Scheeringa, M.S. (2004). Posttraumatic stress disorder. In R. DelCarmen-Wiggins & A. Carter (Eds.), Handbook of infant, toddler, and preschool mental health assessment (pps. 377–397). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Scheeringa, M.S. (2003). New findings on alternative criteria for PTSD in preschool children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40 (5), 561–570.
Scheeringa, M.S., & Zeanah, C.H. (2001). A relational perspective on PTSD in early childhood. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 14 (4), 799–815.
Scholastic Inc (n.d.) How to teach children about living in a world with violence. Retrieved January 10th 2005 at:http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachstrat/worldwithviolence.htm
Schwab-Stone, M. et. al (1999). No safe haven II: The effects of violence exposure on urban youth. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 38 (4), 359–367.
Shipman, K.L., Ross-man, B.B.R., & West, J.C. (1999). Co-occurrence of spousal violence and child abuse: Conceptual implications. Child Maltreatment, 4 (2), 93–103.
Silverman, R.C., & Lieberman, A.F. (1999). Negative maternal attributions, projective identification, and the intergenerational transmission of violent relational patterns. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 9 (2), 161–186.
Spilsbury, J.C., Kahana, S.Y., Drotar, D., Creeden, R., Flannery, D.J., Friedman, S. (2008). Profiles of behavioral problems in children who witness domestic violence. Violence and Victims, 23 (1), 3-17.
Stein, B.D., Jaycox, L.H., Kataoka, S.H., et al. (2003). A mental health intervention for schoolchildren exposed to violence: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 290 (5), 603–611.
Stephens, N., McDonald, R., & Jouriles, E.N. (2000). Helping children who reside at shelters for battered women: Lessons learned. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 3 (1), 147–160.
Street, A.E. & Arias, I. (2001). Psychological abuse and posttraumatic stress disorder in battered women: Examining the roles of shame and guilt. Violence and Victims, 16 (1), 65–77.
Sudermann, M., Marshall, L., & Loosley, S.(2000). Evaluation of the London (Ontario) community group treatment programme for children who have witnessed woman abuse. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 3 (1), 127–146.
Sudermann, M., Jaffe, P., Schiek, E., et al., (1996). A school based anti-violence program. London, On: London Family Court Clinic.
Terr, L. (2001). Childhood posttraumatic stress disorder. In G. O. Gabbard (Ed.), Treatment of psychiatric disorders, (3rd ed. vol. 1.) Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc.
Valentino, K., Berkowitz, S.J., & Stover, C.S. (2010). Parenting behaviors and posttraumatic symptoms in relation to children's symptomatology following a traumatic event. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23 (3), 403-407.
van der Vegt, E.J, Tieman, W., van der, E. J., Ferdinand, R.F., Verhulst, F.C., & Tiemeier, H. (2009). Impact of early childhood adversities on adult psychiatric disorders: A study of international adoptees. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 44 (9), 724-31.
Vostanis, P., Tischier, V., Cumells, S. & Bellerby, T. (2001). Mental health problems and social supports among homeless mothers and children victims of domestic violence and community violence. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 47 (4), 30–41.
Wassell, S. (2008). Why is early development important? In D. Hindle, & G. Shulman (Eds.), The emotional experience of adoption: A psychoanalytic perspective (pp. 42-56). New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.
Webb, N. (2007). Play therapy with children in crisis: Individual, group, and family treatment (3rd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
Weinreb, M.L. (1997). Be a resiliency mentor: You may be a lifesaver for a high-risk child. Young Children, 52 (2), 14–21.
White, K.S., Bruce, S., & Kliewer, W. (1998). Impact of exposure to community violence on anxiety: A longitudinal study of family social support as a protective factor for urban children. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 7 (2), 187.
Whitfield, C., Anda, R.F., Dube, S.R., & Felitti, V.J. (2003). Violent childhood experiences and the risk of intimate partner violence in adults: Assessment in a large health maintenance organization. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18 (8), 166–185.
Whitney, P. & Davis, L. (1999). Child abuse and domestic violence in Massachusetts: Can practice be integrated in a public child welfare setting? Child Maltreatment, 4 (2), 158–166.
Zink, T.M. & J. Jacobson (2003). Screening for intimate partner violence when children are present: The victim’s perspective. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18 (8), 872–889.
Zuckerman, B., Augustine, M., & Groves, B., et al. (1995). Silent victims revisited: The special case of domestic violence. Pediatrics, 96 (3), 511–513.
Note: The items in this bibliography were selected by the staff of the Child Witness to Violence Project and do not represent the extent of the literature available on these topics.
Aisenberg, E.,& Herrenkohl, T. (2008). Community violence in context: Risk and resilience in children and families. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23 (3), 296 – 315.
Augustyn, M., Parker, S., Groves, B.M., & Zuckerman, B. (August, 1995). Silent victims: Children who witness violence. Contemporary Pediatrics, 12 (8) 35–57.
Bair-Merritt, M.H., Blackstone. M., & Feudtner, C. (2006). Physical health outcomes of childhood exposure to intimate partner violence: A systematic review. Pediatrics, 117, e278-e290.
Ballif-Spanvill, B., Clayton, C.J., Nichols, R., & Kramer, R.E. (2008). Influence of interparental violence on children's attributions of violent and peaceful emotions in conflict scenarios. Journal of Emotional Abuse, 8 (3), 299-324.
Becker, K. B., & McCloskey, L. A. (2002). Attention and conduct problems in children exposed to family violence. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 72 (1), 83–91.
Berkowitz S. (2003). Children exposed to community violence: The rationale for early intervention. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 6 (4), 293-302.
Bonanno, G.A. (2004). Loss, trauma, and human resilience: Have we underestimated the human capacity to thrive after extremely aversive events? American Psychologist, 59 (1).
Carpenter, G. L., & Stacks, A.M. (2009). Developmental effects of exposure to intimate partner violence in early childhood: A review of the literature. Children and Youth Services Review, 31 (8), 831-839.
Carter, L. & Steverson, C. (1999). The future of children: Domestic violence and children. Los Altos, CA. The David and Lucille Packard Foundation.
Chu, A.T., & Lieberman A.F. (2010). Clinical implications of traumatic stress from birth to age five. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 6 (4) 69-94.
Coates, S., & Gaensbauer, T.J. (2009). Event trauma in early childhood: Symptoms, assessment, intervention. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 18 (3), 611-26.
Cohen, J.A, Perel, J.M, DeBellis, M.D, Friedman, M.J, & Putnam, F. (2002). Treating traumatized children: Clinical implications of the psychobiology of posttraumatic stress disorder. Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 3 (2), 91-108.
Cohen, J.A., Deblinger, E., Mannarino, A.P., & deArellano, A. (2001). The importance of culture in treating abused and neglected children: An empirical view. Child Maltreatment, 6 (2), 148–157.
Cohen, J.A. , Berliner, L., & March, J.S. (2000). Treatment of children and adolescents. In E.B. Foa, T.M. Keane, & M.J. Friedman (Eds.), Effective treatment for PTSD: Practice Guidelines from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (pp. 106-138). New York, NY: Guilford.
D’Imperio, R.F., Dubow, E.F. & Ippolito, M.F. (2000). Resilient and stress-affected adolescents in an urban setting. Journal of Clinical and Child Psychology, 29, 129–142.
Douglas, K. S., & Dutton, D.G. (2001). Assessing the link between stalking and domestic violence. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 6, 519–546.
Edelson, J.L. (2003). How children are involved in adult domestic violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18 (8), 18–32.
Edelson, J.L. (1999). Children’s witnessing of adult domestic violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 14 (8), 839–870.
Edelson, J.L. (1999). The overlap between child maltreatment and women battering. Violence Against Women, 5 (2), 134–154.
Evans, S.E., Davies, C., & DiLillo, D.K. (2008). Exposure to domestic violence: A meta-analysis of child and adolescent outcomes. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 13 (2), 131-140.
Excessive Stress Disrupts the Architecture of the Brain. (2005). National Scientific Council on the Developing Child,Working Paper #3. Retrieved 10/4/06 from http://www.developingchild.net/reports.shtml
Faller, K.C. (2003). Research and practice in child interviewing: Implications for children exposed to domestic violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18 (4), 377–389.
Farver, J. M., & Xu, Y. (2005). Community violence, family conflict, and preschoolers’ socioemotional functioning. Developmental Psychology, 41 (1), 160-170.
Feerick, M.M., & Haugaard, J.J. (1999). The long-term effects of witnessing marital violence for women: The contribution of early childhood physical and sexual abuse. Journal of Family Violence, 14 (4), 377–398.
Finkelhor, D., Turner, H., Ormrod, R., & Hamby, S. (2009). Violence, abuse, and crime exposure in a national sample of children and youth. Pediatrics, 124 (5), 1411-1423.
Finkelhor, D., Ormrod, R.K., & Turner, H.A. (2009). Lifetime assessment of poly-victimization in a national sample of children and youth. Child Abuse & Neglect, 33 (7), 403-411.
Fraiberg, S., Adelson, E., & Shapiro, V. (1980). Ghosts in the nursery: A psychoanalytic approach to the problems of impaired infant-mother relationships. In S. Fraiberg (Ed.), Clinical studies in infant mental health: The first year of life (pp. 164-196). New York, NY: Basic Books.
Freeman, J. Epston, D. & Lobovits, D. (1997). Play approaches to serious problems. New York, NY: Norton.
Gaensbauer T.J., & Jordan L. (2009). Psychoanalytic perspectives on early trauma: Interviews with thirty analysts who treated an adult victim of a circumscribed trauma in early childhood. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 57 (4), 947-77.
Garbarino, J., Dubrow, N., Costly, K., Pardo, C. (1998). Children in danger: Coping with the consequences of community violence. San Francisco, CA: Josses Bass.
Gil, E. (1991). The healing power of play: Working with abused children. New York, N.Y.: Guilford Press.
Graham-Bermann, S. A, Gruber, G., Howell, K.H, & Girz, L. (2009). Factors discriminating among profiles of resilience and psychopathology in children exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV). Child Abuse and Neglect, 33 (9), 648-660.
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