Children have a universal right to live free from exposure to family and domestic violence (FDV). Children exposed to FDV can experience long-term effects on their physical and psychological health and their social competencies including social, emotional, and cognitive skills and behaviours that underpin successful social adaptation and academic achievement. The aim of this study was to investigate if children exposed to FDV were more likely to be vulnerable on school readiness measures compared to those children who were not exposed. Our cohort study used de-identified individual-level administrative data of children born during 2002–2010, in Western Australia, who were identified in police and hospital records as being exposed to FDV during 2002–2015. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression was used to estimate the odds of vulnerability in Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) outcomes of children exposed to FDV compared to a non-exposed cohort. After adjusting for demographic characteristics, children exposed to FDV had higher odds than non-exposed children of being vulnerable in all five AEDC domains: physical health and wellbeing, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive skills (school-based) and communication skills and general knowledge. Exposed children have an increased likelihood of vulnerability in all five AEDC domains: physical health and wellbeing, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive skills (school-based) and communication skills and general knowledge. Comprehensive multiagency early intervention for children exposed to FDV is required to mitigate the impact on outcomes, and ultimately the need to prevent FDV is needed.

儿童享有免受家庭暴力 (FDV) 侵害的普遍权利。暴露于 FDV 的儿童可能会对他们的身心健康和社会能力产生长期影响，包括社交、情感和认知技能和行为，这些技能和行为是成功的社会适应和学业成就的基础。本研究的目的是调查接触 FDV 的儿童与未接触的儿童相比是否更容易受到入学准备措施的影响。我们的队列研究使用了 2002 年至 2010 年间在西澳大利亚出生的儿童的去识别化个人级别管理数据，这些儿童在警方和医院的记录中被确定为在 2002 年至 2015 年期间接触过 FDV。单变量和多变量逻辑回归用于估计与未暴露队列相比暴露于 FDV 的儿童在澳大利亚早期发育普查 (AEDC) 结果中的脆弱性几率。调整人口特征后，暴露于 FDV 的儿童比未暴露儿童在所有五个 AEDC 领域易受伤害的几率更高：身体健康和福祉、社交能力、情绪成熟度、语言和认知技能（基于学校）以及沟通技巧和一般知识。暴露的儿童在所有五个 AEDC 领域更容易受到伤害：身体健康和福祉、社交能力、情绪成熟度、语言和认知技能（基于学校）以及沟通技巧和常识。