Researcing the violance transmitted to children whose mothers have invoked to women's shelter and analyzing if this violance has any corelation with the consumption of alcohol in those women's husbands

Aim : In this study it has been purposed to research the violence transmitted to children whose mothers have invoked to women's shelter and to analyze if this violence has any corelation with the consumption of alcohol in those women's husbands. Method: 32 women, who invoked to İzmir ŞÖNİM (The Violence Prevention And Monitoring Centers) to be placed in women's shelter, and their children constitute the case group along with 25 women and their cildren who attended volunteerly as control group. The control group has been put together with women who has not been exposed to violence from their husbands.In the study, Women and Children Survey Form, Hamilton Depression Scale, SCL-90, Childhood Trauma Scale, Traumatic Stress Symptom Scale, K-SADS-PL, Children's Travma Scale have been used. Statistical analyzes are made by using SPP-18. Corelation analyzes, Chi-Square Test and Mann Whitney U test and regression are used for analyzes. Results: As a result of the study it has been found that the women who have been exposed to violence (case group) have significantly higher scale grades of 'depression, post traumatic stress symptoms, childhood traumas and SCL-90-R than the women who have not been exposed to violence (control group). And the children whose mothers have been exposed to violence have significantly higher points of 'Children's Trauma Scale' than the children whose mothers have not been exposed to violence. According to the half-constituted clinical interviews made with K-SADS-PL, it has been found that the children in case group have higher childhood psycopathological diagnosis criteria. Also there is not any significant relation between the husbands' consumption of alcohol and commiting violence. Conclution and suggestions: These results suggest that children of violent women may also pose a risk to their mental health and it is suggested that it would be useful to evaluate children in cases of violence against women. As a result, rehabilitation studies on women and children who apply to the women's shelter may be beneficial, and it is thought that it would be beneficial for women to be informed about the substance. Key Words: Violence, domestic violence, violence against women, violence against children, alcohol, post-traumatic stress.