Child Neglect Research Paper
Running head: Child Abuse and neglect
Child Abuse and Neglect
Eryn E. Haygood
Oklahoma State University
4/30/2014
Child Abuse and Neglect
Child abuse is more than just broken bones and bruises. Even though physical abuse may be the most visible, there are other types of abuse too, such as emotional and sexual abuse and neglect. The sooner the abused children receive help, the better the chance they have to heal the break the cycle.
Neglect, a common form of child abuse, is a pattern of failing to provide basic needs for child. It is not always easy to spot child neglect. Sometimes, parents may become physically or emotionally unable to care for a child, such as a parent or caregiver with an injury or untreated …show more content…
mental illness. Other times alcohol and drugs may damage judgment and the capacity to keep a child safe. Physical abuse involves physical harm or injury to the child. It may be the result of a deliberate attempt to hurt the child, but not always. It can also result from severe discipline, such as using a belt on a child, or physical punishment that is inappropriate to the child’s age or physical condition.
The total cost of child abuse is $124 billion each year. About 3 million appointments of child abuse are received by state and local agencies. That means at least 6 referrals are made every minute. The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System data showed that most of children suffer neglect. Child protective services showed that: 78% of children suffer neglect, 17.8% suffer physical abuse, 9.5 % suffer sexual abuse, and 7.8% suffer emotional abuse.
Reports of child abuse are made every 10 seconds. As a result of child abuse, more than 3 children die each year. At least 50%-60% of child abuse is not reported to these agencies or stated on death certificates. It is estimated the 70% of children that die from abuse are under the age of 4. Many of the children that are sexually abuse know their offender.
Child abuse occurs in every socioeconomic level, racial and cultural lines, all religions and every level of education. Children that are victims of abuse and neglect will continue this horrific cycle of abuse. About 80% of 21 year olds that were victims of abuse had at least one psychological disorder.
At least one-third of child abuse cases involve substance abuse in some degree. Kids whose parents/caregivers who had an alcohol and drug problem were three times more likely to abuse and even more likely to neglect their children than non-abusing families. Greater than a third of children with a report of abuse may develop a substance abuse disorder before they turn 18, three times greater than those without a report of abuse or neglect.
Parents in abusive families are expected to show evidence of not only personal but family dysfunction.
Family dysfunction is the interaction between parents and family members. On the other hand, dysfunctional family patterns can be obvious with non- abusive and low abuse-risk parents. Family dysfunction has not alone been recognized as a huge part of abuse. Families that have abuse in it are going to show instability and unpredictable family structure and play their roles have separate individuals. These family members do not promote communication but have relationships that are unemotional and detach from the …show more content…
world.
Even though research cannot support family dysfunction as a single cause of abuse, it is clearly a factor that plays some part of the role. There is a lot of reliance on identified abusive samples has showed in a small thought of how it shares to the abuse risk as a real factor of possible abuse along with other risk factors. Dysfunctional relationships not alone cause stress but also cannot relieve stress, which adds on more stress to the parents or child. It is believed that dysfunctional families may restrain the cause of stress on abuse, meaning that family relationships are important part of relieving stress
Parents that are abusive say that have a feeling of disconnection with the world and social isolation. Social isolation means when source of emotional or material resources are absent or insufficient or unsatisfying quality (Tucker et al., 2014). Views of social support may be key for families who have a higher chance for abuse as outside networks give a chance for people to get feedback about parenting guides that would be accepted by members who share the same belief. Social isolation could be a result of abuse danger, instead of the cause.
When people think of child abuse, they mostly connect it with just physical abuse and neglect. No one really thinks about emotional and sexual abuse as much as physical abuse. Emotional abuse of children is defined as a behavior by parents or caregivers that can extremely delay a child 's thinking, emotions, mental or social development. Emotional abuse includes, ignoring, rejecting, isolating, exploiting or corrupting, verbally assaulting and terrorizing. Child sexual abuse is extremely complex because of the type of abuse because most children think that it is their fault and feel guilt and shame. Sexual abuse does not always mean physical contact. It is important to remember that. Showing children explicit material or putting their in sexual situation can also be considered sexual abuse.
The benefits of poverty- related service for talking about neglect have not been tested well enough. Even with evaluation of response systems providing hopeful evidence that actual place have a positive effect in lowering abuse rates. Also, results have been shown that a community network-based approach can help prevent abuse from reoccurring
Understanding the link between domestic violence and child abuse, even though it 's a steady progress, making it more public for collaboration of companies and programs that exist, there is not much research that programs for offender of domestic violence will reduce the rates of child emotional, physical, or sexual abuse.
While some promising programs exist, parents with substance abuse problems does not have enough evidence on the real community based models for helping child welfare parents which leads to abuse and neglect.
It 's hard to make a remark for the treatment requirements of child that experience abuse or neglect because of the effects of experience, the setting in which they happen and the family 's reply to what happen vary. Child that are abused may have a difficult time expressing their concerns, fears, or questions that are asked by a professionally. Young children do not have the skill to talk clearly about their abusive encounter. Children of an older age may not trust
professionals.
Lastly, parents may not report their child responses, meaning that the person abusing the child may have a drive to shrink the child 's emotional reactions. Mother 's that neglect their child may have an impairment which would change the image of her child. It is essential to evaluate the problem from many different views, plus the child and the parents in the process. Treatments for child abuse have been reported individually within the writing, with more attention towards treatment of child sexual abuse. There are a few studies of children treatments of the physically abused or neglected. Each type of treatment fits the needs of different children. For each of these children, we need to conduct a cognitive behavioral treatment. These have been the most effect type of treatment for each child and their needs.
References
Tucker, M., & Rodriguez, C. (2014). Family Dysfunction and Social Isolation as Moderators Between Stress and Child Physical Abuse Risk. Journal Of Family Violence, 29(2), 175-186. doi:10.1007/s10896-013-9567-0
Smith, M., & Segal, J. (2014, February 1). Child Abuse & Neglect. : Recognizing, Preventing and Reporting Child Abuse. Retrieved April 29, 2014, from http://www.helpguide.org/mental/child_abuse_physical_emotional_sexual_neglect.htm
National Child Abuse Statistics. (n.d.). Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse. Retrieved April 29, 2014, from http://www.childhelp.org/pages/statistics
Romero-Martínez, A. A., Figueiredo, B. B., & Moya-Albiol, L. L. (2014). Childhood history of abuse and child abuse potential: The role of parent 's gender and timing of childhood abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 38(3), 510-516. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.09.010
Child Abuse and Neglect
Eryn E. Haygood
Oklahoma State University
4/30/2014
Child Abuse and Neglect
Child abuse is more than just broken bones and bruises. Even though physical abuse may be the most visible, there are other types of abuse too, such as emotional and sexual abuse and neglect. The sooner the abused children receive help, the better the chance they have to heal the break the cycle.
Neglect, a common form of child abuse, is a pattern of failing to provide basic needs for child. It is not always easy to spot child neglect. Sometimes, parents may become physically or emotionally unable to care for a child, such as a parent or caregiver with an injury or untreated …show more content…
mental illness. Other times alcohol and drugs may damage judgment and the capacity to keep a child safe. Physical abuse involves physical harm or injury to the child. It may be the result of a deliberate attempt to hurt the child, but not always. It can also result from severe discipline, such as using a belt on a child, or physical punishment that is inappropriate to the child’s age or physical condition.
The total cost of child abuse is $124 billion each year. About 3 million appointments of child abuse are received by state and local agencies. That means at least 6 referrals are made every minute. The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System data showed that most of children suffer neglect. Child protective services showed that: 78% of children suffer neglect, 17.8% suffer physical abuse, 9.5 % suffer sexual abuse, and 7.8% suffer emotional abuse.
Reports of child abuse are made every 10 seconds. As a result of child abuse, more than 3 children die each year. At least 50%-60% of child abuse is not reported to these agencies or stated on death certificates. It is estimated the 70% of children that die from abuse are under the age of 4. Many of the children that are sexually abuse know their offender.
Child abuse occurs in every socioeconomic level, racial and cultural lines, all religions and every level of education. Children that are victims of abuse and neglect will continue this horrific cycle of abuse. About 80% of 21 year olds that were victims of abuse had at least one psychological disorder.
At least one-third of child abuse cases involve substance abuse in some degree. Kids whose parents/caregivers who had an alcohol and drug problem were three times more likely to abuse and even more likely to neglect their children than non-abusing families. Greater than a third of children with a report of abuse may develop a substance abuse disorder before they turn 18, three times greater than those without a report of abuse or neglect.
Parents in abusive families are expected to show evidence of not only personal but family dysfunction.
Family dysfunction is the interaction between parents and family members. On the other hand, dysfunctional family patterns can be obvious with non- abusive and low abuse-risk parents. Family dysfunction has not alone been recognized as a huge part of abuse. Families that have abuse in it are going to show instability and unpredictable family structure and play their roles have separate individuals. These family members do not promote communication but have relationships that are unemotional and detach from the …show more content…
world.
Even though research cannot support family dysfunction as a single cause of abuse, it is clearly a factor that plays some part of the role. There is a lot of reliance on identified abusive samples has showed in a small thought of how it shares to the abuse risk as a real factor of possible abuse along with other risk factors. Dysfunctional relationships not alone cause stress but also cannot relieve stress, which adds on more stress to the parents or child. It is believed that dysfunctional families may restrain the cause of stress on abuse, meaning that family relationships are important part of relieving stress
Parents that are abusive say that have a feeling of disconnection with the world and social isolation. Social isolation means when source of emotional or material resources are absent or insufficient or unsatisfying quality (Tucker et al., 2014). Views of social support may be key for families who have a higher chance for abuse as outside networks give a chance for people to get feedback about parenting guides that would be accepted by members who share the same belief. Social isolation could be a result of abuse danger, instead of the cause.
When people think of child abuse, they mostly connect it with just physical abuse and neglect. No one really thinks about emotional and sexual abuse as much as physical abuse. Emotional abuse of children is defined as a behavior by parents or caregivers that can extremely delay a child 's thinking, emotions, mental or social development. Emotional abuse includes, ignoring, rejecting, isolating, exploiting or corrupting, verbally assaulting and terrorizing. Child sexual abuse is extremely complex because of the type of abuse because most children think that it is their fault and feel guilt and shame. Sexual abuse does not always mean physical contact. It is important to remember that. Showing children explicit material or putting their in sexual situation can also be considered sexual abuse.
The benefits of poverty- related service for talking about neglect have not been tested well enough. Even with evaluation of response systems providing hopeful evidence that actual place have a positive effect in lowering abuse rates. Also, results have been shown that a community network-based approach can help prevent abuse from reoccurring
Understanding the link between domestic violence and child abuse, even though it 's a steady progress, making it more public for collaboration of companies and programs that exist, there is not much research that programs for offender of domestic violence will reduce the rates of child emotional, physical, or sexual abuse.
While some promising programs exist, parents with substance abuse problems does not have enough evidence on the real community based models for helping child welfare parents which leads to abuse and neglect.
It 's hard to make a remark for the treatment requirements of child that experience abuse or neglect because of the effects of experience, the setting in which they happen and the family 's reply to what happen vary. Child that are abused may have a difficult time expressing their concerns, fears, or questions that are asked by a professionally. Young children do not have the skill to talk clearly about their abusive encounter. Children of an older age may not trust
professionals.
Lastly, parents may not report their child responses, meaning that the person abusing the child may have a drive to shrink the child 's emotional reactions. Mother 's that neglect their child may have an impairment which would change the image of her child. It is essential to evaluate the problem from many different views, plus the child and the parents in the process. Treatments for child abuse have been reported individually within the writing, with more attention towards treatment of child sexual abuse. There are a few studies of children treatments of the physically abused or neglected. Each type of treatment fits the needs of different children. For each of these children, we need to conduct a cognitive behavioral treatment. These have been the most effect type of treatment for each child and their needs.
References
Tucker, M., & Rodriguez, C. (2014). Family Dysfunction and Social Isolation as Moderators Between Stress and Child Physical Abuse Risk. Journal Of Family Violence, 29(2), 175-186. doi:10.1007/s10896-013-9567-0
Smith, M., & Segal, J. (2014, February 1). Child Abuse & Neglect. : Recognizing, Preventing and Reporting Child Abuse. Retrieved April 29, 2014, from http://www.helpguide.org/mental/child_abuse_physical_emotional_sexual_neglect.htm
National Child Abuse Statistics. (n.d.). Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse. Retrieved April 29, 2014, from http://www.childhelp.org/pages/statistics
Romero-Martínez, A. A., Figueiredo, B. B., & Moya-Albiol, L. L. (2014). Childhood history of abuse and child abuse potential: The role of parent 's gender and timing of childhood abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 38(3), 510-516. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.09.010