2010 The Effects of Child Sexual Abuse What is child sexual abuse? The term child sexual abuse is somewhat ambiguous‚ covering a broad spectrum of acts and meanings‚ but according to Finkelhor “general‚ legal and research definitions require two elements: (1) sexual activity involving a child and (2) an ‘abusive condition’ such as coercion or a large age gap between the participants‚ indicating lack of consensuality” (Finkelhor‚1994‚ p. 32). Although child sexual abuse is tricky to define‚ there
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primarily found in abuse victims. Learned helplessness was originally discovered when an “animal is repeatedly subjected to an aversive stimulus that it cannot escape” (Cherry‚ 2016). According to Cherry (2016) the animal will eventually stop trying to avoid the stimulus and behave like it is completely helpless even if they have a way of avoiding the pain. Learned helplessness has a strong tie to animals‚ however it can be applied to many situations that involve humans‚ such as abuse‚ or in domestic
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into your child‚ but abuse is not one of them. Abuse creates fear and destroys self-confidence‚ as well as a loss of trust in parents‚ and adults alike. Some argue that physical contact is necessary if you want to make the child learn something‚ but I disagree. Child abuse is unjust‚ and there are many alternatives that can help to discipline your child without physically harming them. To begin with‚ people do not have to hit children to make them understand a concept. Even if the child is being
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It is crucial that all professionals working with children are aware of child abuse and must have an understanding of the different signs that may indicate that a child is being abused. We are more aware today than ever before about what constitutes abuse and of what can be classified as effective behaviour control. For example‚ a child receiving the belt was considered an acceptable means of teaching a child right from wrong; today we would be horrified at this kind of treatment. Although practitioners
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parents of sexually abused children suffer tram that effects the way they approach the prosecution. There are several factors that contribute to this trauma‚ such as: Family context‚ abuse characteristics‚ and emotional impact. Each of these factors can affect the trauma that the parents faced with when their child is sexually abused and determine how well the parents holds up during the prosecution. The parent of the sexually abused children are an important part of the prosecution process as well
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Death From Child Abuse Reaction Paper Never in my life have I encountered a more emotionally draining‚ motivating through awareness book. Ursula Sunshine Assaid ‚ a five year old little girl‚ was killed by child abuse. She was mutilated‚ hit‚ kicked‚ starved‚ fed soap the list goes on and on. Death From Child Abuse and no one heard is a book about the last week of Ursula’s life. She resided in Florida with her mother Susan and her mother’s boyfriend Don. Don had demented views on disciplining
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other sleep issues. Long-term living in abusive homes are at increased risk for health issues such as substance abuse‚ autoimmune diseases‚ heart disease‚ and cancer. Kids may have more tantrums‚ become clingy‚ withdraw‚ overreact to situations‚ and regress to earlier behavior such as thumb-sucking‚ wanting to be held like a baby‚ or using baby talk. Teens exposed to their parents abuse may skip school or use drugs and alcohol. Children first learn how to interact with others by watching their parents
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Are you against child abuse or not? According to authorities on child abuse‚ it’s very rare for people to report about child abuse when they see it like they use to in 1970-1990. Now a day’s people just leave it how it is as long as it’s not there child they really don’t worry about it. Abusing kids for unnecessary reasons and hitting them with objects that may bruise them badly isn’t the way of a parent teaching their kids manners at all. Especially taking your anger out on the child isn’t the way
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In today’s society violence and abuse have become a huge problem. It can be mental or physical abuse. Abuse can happen in any kind of relationship: boyfriend/girlfriend‚ parent/child‚ or employer/employee. The one area of abuse caught my eye is foster parents abusing foster children. This past year I know of some personal cases where the foster parents abused the foster children and have even killed one. In the journal “Confidentiality Act to Shield Abuse in Foster Care” it states‚ “As Miguel’s brain
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Child abusers is a common problem all over the world. "Child abuse is the mistreatment of children by a parent or other adult‚" says Tollefsen (2013). Tollefson then adds‚ "Child abuse is one of the most severe childhood problems‚" (2013). Child abuse can occur across socioeconomic‚ religious‚ ethnic and educational backgrounds. Two of the most common types of child abuse are physical abuse and emotional abuse. As a result of child abuse more than five children die each day‚ on average. “Approximately
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