Emotional abuse

Emotional abuse

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  THIS IS AWAR
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  Myths & Factsabout Child Abuse MYTH: Men sexually abuse children as they cannot control their sexual urge. FACT: Sexual assaults are committed by people in a position of power and trust. MYTH: Sexual assaults are instinctive acts committed by strangers. FACT: Most sexual assaults are premeditated acts of aggression committed by trusted people. MYTH: Children invite abuse by the way they dress. FACT: Sexual abuse happens irrespective of the way the children dress.
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  Myths & Factsabout Child Abuse • MYTH: Culturally, children obey elders and don't say "No" to adult's unnatural act. • FACT: Child needs to be empowered to be able to speak out irrespective of cultural background. • MYTH: Children have vivid imagination and lie often when they speak of being abused. • FACT: Children lack the language or understanding to "make up stories" of the abuse. • MYTH: It is fine to promise the child confidentiality and bury the issue when he or she confides in you. • FACT: Abuse should be immediately dealt with and medical opinion should be sought if it's a serious case.
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  About the EmotionalAbuse • This is no worldwide standard definition of emotional abuse. Emotional abuse can be described as the "willful destruction of significant impairment of a child's competence" (Pacer, 1990). • The types usually include rejecting, ignoring, isolating, terrorizing, corrupting and exploiting. • It is hard to detect, assess and substantiate since many cases of emotional abuse are unreported.
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  Types of Emotionalabuse • Rejecting: Putting down a child or youth's worth or putting down their needs. • Ignoring: Failing to give any response to or interact with a child or youth at all. • Isolating: Keeping a child away from family and friends. • Terrorizing: Causing a child or youth to be terrified by the constant use of threats and/or intimidating behavior. • Corrupting : Encouraging a child or youth to do things that are illegal or harmful to themselves. • Exploiting: Giving a child or youth responsibilities that are far greater than a child/youth that age can handle. It is also using a child for profit.
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  Symptoms of EmotionalAbuse • name-calling • yelling at the child • not allowing child interaction with others • failure to protect child • rewarding child for inappropriate behavior • expecting youth to make money for family • verbal humiliation and constant teasing
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  Impact of EmotionalAbuse Emotional abuse of children can result in serious emotional and/or behavioral problems, low cognitive ability level, and poor social skills. For example: • lifelong depression • estrangement • low self-esteem • difficulties in appropriate relationship • lack of empathy • emotional instability • aggression • difficult to trust
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  Causal Factors • familystresses: unemployment, poverty, isolation from relatives and friends, divorce, death, immature parents • diminished capacity for understanding children’s needs and feelings • health issues: illness of a family member, disability of a family member, drug and alcohol abuse • mental problems: mental disability, depression
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  Prevention Strategies • observingchildren carefully for potential signs • taking action immediately when suspecting • increasing awareness and education of emotional child abuse in the community and among parents • encouraging parents to establish strong attachment with children • encouraging family to form relationship with support systems • more researching in this field
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  Reference • http://ibnlive.in.com/news/watch-myths-vs-facts- about-child-abuse/105520-3.html • http://www.thisisawar.com/AbuseEmotional.htm • http://www.child-abuse-effects.com/types-of- emotional-abuse.html • http://member.preventchildabuse.org/site/DocServ er/emotional_child_abuse.pdf?docID=122 • http://www.ncvc.org/ncvc/main.aspx?dbName=Do cumentViewer&DocumentID=32313#4