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Abstract
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VioLit summary:
OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this study by Ragg was to explore the possibilities for group intervention concerning children who have been exposed to spouse abuse.
METHODOLOGY:
This study was a non-experimental review of the literature. The authors believed that the cognitive and social development of the child influenced both how the external events were perceived by the child, and how treatment must proceed. Effective group programs needed to be sensitive to the development realities of children in the group, particularly when therapeutic goals were present. In response to the need for increased attention to maturation in the group treatment of children, the authors proposed a differential group approach, where both cognitive and social development were considered in creating group interventions. The developmental categories included: the preschool child (ages 3-5), the school age child (ages 6-8), the latency age child (ages 8-10), the young adolescent (ages 11-13), the adolescent child (ages 13-16).
FINDINGS/DISCUSSION:
Coinciding with these developmental sequences, a continuum of goal areas and leader behaviors evolved. The goal areas were organized as: pragmatic goals, therapeutic goals, and preventative goals. Corresponding with the continuum of goals, leader behaviors and priorities changed in relation to the maturity and developmental level of the child. These changes were organized as: level of leader activity/responsibility, method of intervention, and use of strategy.
AUTHOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS:
The author suggested further research into differential programming, in addition to encouraging group workers to include therapeutic goals in their programs and to avoid standardized programs which attempt to be effective with broad age ranges. (CSPV Abstract - Copyright © 1992-2007 by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, Regents of the University of Colorado)
KW - Group Treatment
KW - Witness Treatment
KW - Treatment Recommendations
KW - Child Witness
KW - Child Victim
KW - Witnessing Violence Effects
KW - Domestic Violence Effects
KW - Spouse Abuse Effects
KW - Witnessing Spouse Abuse
KW - Juvenile Witness
KW - Juvenile Victim
KW - Early Childhood
KW - Early Adolescence
KW - Late Childhood
KW - Late Adolescence
KW - Child Development
KW - Juvenile Development
KW - Psychological Victimization Effects
KW - Exposure to Violence
KW - Violence Against Women
KW - Partner Violence
KW - Interparental Violence
KW - Children of Battered Women |