Her research on the impact of family violence on children's social and emotional adjustment includes studies of children in shelters, the community, schools, and clinical populations. She is currently studying the effects of young children's exposure to multiple forms of violence. To study sibling violence and abuse and to assess the effects of domestic violence and child abuse, she developed several measures of family relationship qualities. With funding from national and local sources, she has studied the efficacy of an intervention program she created for children exposed to family violence and their mothers.