Some children manifest adjustment problems in response to marital conflict, it remains unclear whether exposure to marital conflict influences how children cope with the stress from witnessing domestic violence. According to previous findings, children who are exposed to marital violence tend to exert more adjustment problems like, aggressive behaviour, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. In the empirical study by Katherine H. Shelton and Gordon T, the Authors examined the mediating and moderating role on how children cope with witnessing marital violence and how this coping strategies impact their behaviour. To explore this, the study used data from a 1997 and 1998 longitudinal study, that assesed a sample of
