TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Experiences of domestic violence as a child and career choice
JO  - Journal of family violence
A1  - Triplett, Ruth
A1  - Higgins, George
A1  - Payne, Brian K.
SP  - 289
EP  - 297
VL  - 28
IS  - 3
N2  - Moving past descriptions of the amount and nature of domestic violence, researchers in the area of childhood violence now explore a variety of outcomes of experiences of domestic violence as a child. This includes the effects on various outcomes in adulthood though little research so far has explored career choice. In the current study, we examine whether experiencing domestic violence as a child increases the chance that an individual will choose a human services profession as a career and if individuals in the human services professions who report experiences of domestic violence as a child have lower rates of being a victim of domestic violence as adults than those who do not. The findings suggest that experiences of violence as a child do not significantly affect the choice of human services as a career. Those who choose human services as a career, however, are less likely to experience domestic violence as an adult.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-7482
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10896-013-9499-8
ID  - ref1
ER  -