A healthy family relationship can contribute positively to the growth and development of a child, while unhealthy and abusive relationships can do the opposite. Review some facts and statistics on child abuse, explore the main characteristics of abusers and abused children, and see the impact of ...
Child DevelopmentAdultsSocial DevelopmentPhysical DevelopmentMental HealthCounselingSubstance AbuseCrimeViolenceMany adults are exposed to maltreatment during their childhood. As a result, they may experience long-term negative outcomes in a range of developmental areas. The purpose of this article was to ...
Keeping a child isolated from society also makes her vulnerable toabuse– sexual, physical, spiritual, emotional, and psychological. Isolated groups create their own rules and decide what is right or wrong. In the cult I grew up in for instance, children and teenagers were conveniently seen...
Maternal physical abuse was associated with poorer motherchild interactions, increased vigilance, and difficulty recovering from distress among infants, whereas a history of emotional abuse was linked with less interactional dysfunction, lower levels of infant frustration, and more pleasure. Maternal ...
- 《Child Development》 被引量: 106发表: 2011年 Hypertension in adult survivors of child abuse: observations from the Nurses' Health Study II Background Limited research has shown a possible association between exposure to physical or sexual abuse prior to age 18 and the risk of developing ...
The impact of political violence on moral reasoning in children The moral development of three groups of children, who had been subjected to varying degrees of political violence and economic advantage, was examined in ... S Elbedour,AM Baker,WR Charlesworth - 《Child Abuse & Neglect》 被引量...
This paper examines the impact of three types of victimization in childhood- sexual abuse, physical abuse, and neglect-on lifetime measures of mental healt... AV Horwitz,CS Widom,J Mclaughlin,... - 《J Health Soc Behav》 被引量: 788发表: 2001年 The Effects of Poverty on Child Health an...
There is growing clinical and experimental evidence to suggest that maternal obesity increases children’s susceptibility to neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders. Given the worldwide obesity epidemic, it is crucial that we acquire a thorough
Child abuse, neglect, and excessively harsh treatment of children are associated with internalizing and externalizing behaviour problems, cognitive impairments, and later violent behaviour;5,6,19,20again, the impact of child maltreatment on severe antisocial behaviour appears to ...
A Penn State researcher and her collaborator found that physical abuse was associated with decreases in children's cognitive performance, while non-abusive forms of physical punishment were independently associated with reduced school engagement and incr