Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
J Interpers Violence. 2011 Apr;26(6):1215-31. doi: 10.1177/0886260510368155. Epub 2010 Aug 18.
There are discrepancies about whether children who witness and suffer domestic violence (DV) have similar outcomes in terms of psychopathology. This work examines the relationship between different types of exposure to DV and child psychopathology and functional impairment. One hundred and forty-four Spanish children aged from 4 to 17 years and exposed to DV were evaluated using a diagnostic interview and other instruments of psychopathology and functional impairment. The participants were classified in three groups according to the degree of exposure: witness (n = 72), involved (n = 52), and victim (n = 20). According to mothers' self-reports and mother-child combined information, DV equally affects psychopathology and functional impairment regardless of the degree of the exposure. Children's self-reports showed a linear trend to present greater psychopathology as a victim than as a witness. The differential effect of exposure to DV measured in this study depended on the informant, which underlines the importance of obtaining information from the children exposed to violence at home.
关于目睹和遭受家庭暴力（DV）的儿童在精神病理学方面是否具有相似的结果，存在争议。这项工作研究了不同类型的 DV 暴露与儿童精神病理学和功能障碍之间的关系。使用诊断访谈和其他精神病理学和功能障碍的工具评估了 144 名年龄在 4 至 17 岁之间、遭受过 DV 的西班牙儿童。参与者根据暴露程度分为三组：目击者（n = 72）、参与者（n = 52）和受害者（n = 20）。根据母亲的自我报告和母子联合信息，无论暴露程度如何，DV 都会同等影响精神病理学和功能障碍。儿童的自我报告显示出一种线性趋势，即作为受害者比作为目击者表现出更大的精神病理学。本研究中测量的 DV 暴露的差异效应取决于信息提供者，这强调了从家中遭受暴力的儿童那里获取信息的重要性。
