YC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Child Abuse, Unreported World, Psychological Abuse
31 May 2020
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Introduction: children worldwide experience many forms of abuse, hundreds of child abuse cases go unreported, world day for prevention of child abuse (november 19) passes unnoticed. In 2012, 14,000 children and youth were victims: 55% were sexual offences, perpetrators of sexual assult, family members for younger victims, acquaintance or stranger for older children. Internet predators: children as victims of homicide, familial homicides against children and youth are rare. Lecture 12: most vulnerable to maltreatment, vulnerability for children is increased by , dislocation, colonization, racism, sexism, homophobia, poverty, social isolation. Ineffective in correcting misbehaviour : punitive parenting increases aggressive behaviour for children across social classes. Effects of abuse: concequences depend on , form of maltreatment/abuse. Lecture 12: severity of abuse, duration of abuse, effects may include , girls = more likely to internalize feelings, suicide ideations, eating disorders, low-self esteem, psychological disorders, boys = more likely to externalize feelings. Increased aggression: delinquency, spousal abuse, substance abuse.
