Kudler-Ross Grief Theory

Children in housholds with domestic violence are more likely to suffer other forms of abuse. Children in households with mothers who live with partners who are not the biological father are also more likely to see domestic violence and suffer from abuse which includes physical and sexual abuse.

Many public inquiries into the deaths of children in recent years have shown that 70% of the men responsible for the death of a child have a history of violence towards their female partners. (home office 2014).

Effects of child exposure to domestic violence

As stated previously there are a number of negative effects on children who experience dv. These can be put into two categories. Those that cause short term effects which could in time, and with

The stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression/resignation and finally acceptance but Kubler Ross (1969) argues that some people never reach the final stage of acceptance and continue to grieve or may be stuck in previous stages and need help to pass through them. people who are in deep grief and they need to be aided in the knowledge that purpose and meaning to life will return

Banduras Social learning model - the child learns from observing others. They model their behaviour on what they see others doing. If a child sees an adult being aggressive but achieving the desired outcome form that aggression then the child will recreate that behaviour.

Surprisingly it was also found that some children go on to have normal lifes. It was always thought that children who suffer from domestic violence are the children who go on to perpetrate the subsequent violence on their own families or are the person who is the victim of dv, but this isn’t necessarily the case as shown in ….. (need to look for stats.)

They are based on idea if things are learnt then they can be unlearnt (parker 2005) or new behaviours can be learnt to replace unwanted ones. sw can use a number of approaches to do this. These can include respondent and classical conditioning. Often when a child suffers long periods of dv they associate certain stimuli with an event, such as shouting may lead to a beating and in response the child’s level of stress may rise significantly even if they were in a unthreatening environment. To combat this the sw can look at adapting the response to a more positive one. By teaching the child, and this can work for the mother too, to respond differently to these stimuli then it is hoped over time that the anxiety provoking stimulus will adapt and thus take on more positive