PSY 3173 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Physical Abuse, Mental Disorder, Health Canada
11 Jul 2018
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Includes: incest, exploitation, or the production of pornographic material: neglect/failure to provide, defined: when a child"s caregivers don"t provide the requisite attention to the child"s emotional, psychological, or physical development. 6-14 years old: very rare but a serious type of child abuse; If their parents have a history of abuse; If the pregnancy was unplanned: single parent status, negative attitudes towards pregnancy in general, history of substance abuse, social isolation, for sexual: Living in a home without a biological partner; 3: poor relationships with the parents, poor child-parent relationships, the presence of a step-father, especially for female, parental factors victims, e. g. young maternal age; presence of a stepfather, etc, social factors, physical abuse. Large family size: effects of physical abuse and neglect, short term, greater motor and perceptional skills depheicit deficit, hopelessness and depression. Impact on their mental: long term, non familial, familial, about 30% of physically abused children will abuse their own children, effects of sexual abuse, 2 studies:
