National Clearinghouse on Family Violence Content Topic Results

"This resource draws together, in one place, information from the best and latest research for professionals and volunteers who help women and children. Topics addressed include what children might feel, think and do during violent incidents against their mothers, roles they might adopt before, during or after incidents, strategies of coping and survival, and how violence may be experienced by children of different ages, from infancy to adolescence. The purpose is to examine how violence against a mother can shape a child.

"The National Clearinghouse on Family Violence Video Catalogue is a guide to Canadian videos about family violence.* This collection of videos is managed and maintained in a joint venture between the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence and the National Film Board of Canada. Titles in this catalogue are listed alphabetically under four subject headings: Child Abuse and Neglect, Child Sexual Abuse, Intimate Partner Abuse and Abuse of Older Adults."

This document, from the Canadian National Clearinghouse on Family Violence, summarizes the results of studies by researchers that have examined the abuse of men by their female partners in heterosexual relationships. The document discusses both physical violence and non-physical forms of abuse.