O'Shea, Kayla (2022) The Effects of Witnessing Domestic Abuse during one’s Childhood, and Resulting PTSD, on one’s Behaviour: A Systematic Review. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Domestic abuse, also known as intimate partner violence (IPV), is a silent pandemic that is infiltrating the homes of millions of people worldwide. With this rising issue, the silent, forgotten victims of this abuse are often the children who grow up witnessing this violence. These child witnesses often suffer from a range of physical and psychological problems as a result. For example, 16% of child witnesses suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of witnessing domestic abuse. This can go on to have lifelong issues for the witness and can affect their behaviour as a result. Through means of a systematic review of the available literature, this paper explores whether or not witnessing domestic abuse, and resulting PTSD, negatively affects one’s behaviour, and if so, how and to what extent. This systematic review resulted in six studies illustrating the correlation between witnessing domestic abuse, experiencing PTSD symptoms, and experiencing a number of behavioural issues, such as aggression, violence, delinquency and criminal behaviour, substance abuse, and revictimization. The evidence from the literature also shows that different age groups exhibit different behavioural issues, for instance, children exhibit aggressive outbursts and play, adolescents engage in violence and criminal activities, which can continue into adulthood, while adults also experience revictimization.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Jonge, P. de |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jun 2022 09:01 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jun 2022 09:01 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/667 |
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