Research Proposal: Child Abuse

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This paper is a research proposal about a study of the identity of children who witness domestic violence and role-taking of the abuser and abuse victim from an interactionist perspective. Includes a problem statement, hypothesis, theoretical framework, brief literature review and methodology.

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"Barry Zuckerman (1995) further expresses concerns about children that witness domestic violence in the article "Silent victims revisited: the special case of domestic violence." Zuckerman reiterated that children who witness violence will suffer psychological and behavioral problems that will interfere with their functionality. Children in a home where one parent is abusing the other parent have no feeling of comfort or security because they would normally turn to parents for safety, but in this case one parent is dangerous, while the other is a helpless victim. Wife beating may be present in as much as 16% of American families, and in some studies 40% of mothers reported that violence was used to settle disagreements in their home. Children may develop post traumatic stress disorder in response to the abuse. Zuckerman specifically addresses the impact of role development in abusive homes. "Violence between parents teaches children powerful lessons about the role of violence in intimate relationships. Children who grow up in violent homes, for example, are more likely to be aggressive with peers. They are also more likely as adults to become batterers or victims themselves." (Zuckerman 1995) A very large percentage of men who batter women witnessed their mother being abused, and girls who witness domestic abuse as children are more likely to become battered wives. "

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