Consequences of exposure to domestic violence for children: a systematic review of the literature/Consequencia da exposicao a violencia domestica para criancas: revisao sistematica da literatura/ Consecuencias de la exposicion a la violencia domestica a los ninos: revision sistematica de la literatura

The aim of this study was to carry out a systematic review of the literature on the consequences of exposure to domestic violence--DV for children. The period 2005-2011 was searched in Medline, Lilacs, Scielo, Web of Science, Dialnet, Redalyc, Google Scholar and PsycInfo, using the following descriptors: intimate partner violence, domestic violence, violence descriptors (physical, sexual, psychological), and child, exposure or witness. The author, country, methodology, journal and the consequences of exposure to DV were considered. 122 articles were selected. The United States and Brazil accounted for 78.7% of the publications, with children being the main victims (51.6%). The major impacts upon children's health were posttraumatic stress and insecurity (75.8%). Keywords: family violence, violence in children, bibliometric O objetivo deste estudo foi realizar uma revisao sistematica da literatura sobre as consequencias da exposicao a violencia domestica (VD) para criancas. Pesquisou-se o periodo 2005-2011, nas bases Medline, Lilacs, Scielo, Web of Science, Dialnet, Redalyc, GoogleSchoolar e PsycInfo, com os descritores intimate partner violence, domestic violence, descriptors violence (physical, sexual, psychological), e child, exposure or witness. Considerou-se autor, pais, metodologia, periodico e consequencias da exposicao a VD. Selecionaram-se 122 artigos. EUA e Brasil totalizaram 78,7% das publicacoes, sendo as criancas as maiores vitimas (51,6%). As principais consequencias de maior impacto na saude das criancas foram stress pos-traumatico e inseguranca (75,8%). Palavras-chave: violencia na familia, violencia na crianca, bibliometria El objetivo de este estudio fue desarrollar una revision sistematica de la literatura sobre las consecuencias de la exposicion a la violencia domestica (VD) para los ninos. Fue investigado el periodo 2005-2011, en Medline, Lilacs, SciELO, Web of Science, Dialnet, Redalyc, GoogleSchoolar y Psyclnfo, con los descriptores intimate partner violence, domestic violence, descriptors violence (physical, sexual, psychological), y child, exposure or witness. Fueron considerados autor, pais, metodologia, publicacion y las consecuencias de la exposicion a la VD. 122 articulos fueron seleccionados. EE.UU. y Brasil totalizaron el 78.7% de las publicaciones, con los ninos como las mayores victimas (51.6%). Las principales consecuencias de gran impacto en la salud de los ninos fueron la depresion, el estres postraumatico y la insegurida