Research Catalog

Title

Understanding adult survivors of domestic violence in childhood : still forgotten, still hurting / Gill Hague, with Ann Harvey and Kathy Willis.

Author

Hague, Gill

Publication

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c2012.

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Additional Authors

• Harvey, Ann
• Harvey, Ann (Social worker)
• Willis, Kathy
• Willis, Kathy (Domestic violence activist)

Description

192 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

Adults who were exposed to domestic violence as children : introduction and background --Before you grow up : what the research tells us about children who experience domestic violence --Scarcely an issue at all : research on adults who experienced domestic violence as children --The impacts of childhood domestic violence on adults : what survivors say --Finding hope in a cold place and thriving against the odds : testimony by 'Rose Wood' --Dealing with at the time : working with children exposed to domestic violence to enable less painful later adulthoods --Still hurting : testimony by 'Anna' --How to move forward : recovery, assistance and support for adults with childhood experience of domestic abuse --Both pain and being shielded : testimony of 'Patrick' --It can be over : conclusions.

Subject

• Adult
• Child of Impaired Parents > psychology
• Children and violence > Psychological aspects
• Domestic Violence > psychology
• Family violence > Psychological aspects
• Parent-Child Relations
• Psychic trauma in children
• Survivors > psychology
• Victims of family violence

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Adults who were exposed to domestic violence as children : introduction and background -- Before you grow up : what the research tells us about children who experience domestic violence -- Scarcely an issue at all : research on adults who experienced domestic violence as children -- The impacts of childhood domestic violence on adults : what survivors say -- Finding hope in a cold place and thriving against the odds : testimony by 'Rose Wood' -- Dealing with it at the time : working with children exposed to domestic violence to enable less painful later adulthoods -- Still hurting : testimony by 'Anna' -- How to move forward : recovery, assistance and support for adults with childhood experiences of domestic abuse -- Both pain and being shielded : testimony of 'Patrick' -- It can be over : conclusions.

ISBN

9781849050968 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2012019080

OCLC

774489422

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library