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Research Article Critic
Abusive Supervision and Family Undermining as Displaced Aggression
By
Renee G Torres
A Paper Presented in Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements of
Psy 312
November 2014
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The research of aggression in the work place is the focus of this paper. Taking an advanced look in how these behaviors can affect not only the employee but also that employee’s family. Research Article Critic
(Article reference here) In the article “Abusive Supervision and Family Undermining as Displaces Aggression” the author Jenny M. Hoobler takes a somewhat extensive look into
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The main hypothesis being that abusive supervision creates situations of family undermining. This hypothesis would be supported by the abused subordinates' family members reporting family undermining, stemming from work place experience and abuse, was directed toward them in the home. The research submitted additional hypothesis in direct connection with the variable surrounding the main research hypothesis. The additional hypothesis cover the areas of Psychological Contract Violation, Abusive Supervision, Hostile Attribution Bias, and Family Undermining. There were two hypothesis tested for Family Undermine. “Hypothesis 3 Subordinates' perceptions of abusive supervision will be positively related to their family members' perceptions of undermining in the home. Hypothesis 4 Subordinates' perceptions of abusive supervision will mediate the relationship between supervisors' perceptions of psychological contract violation and family members' perceptions of undermining. …show more content…
The independent variables were the perception in which the subordinate and the family felt they were being abused. With the supervisor/subordinate relationship it was the amount in which they believe the psychological contract had been broken. Also the amount in which they believe they had been verbally demeaned. The operational definition for these variable was “what defines supervisor abuse? And what defines family undermining? These definitions where defined by the use of questionnaires. The questionnaires covered the very personal questions of
Some examples of the effects of verbal abuse are a lack of self-control, a higher probability of delinquency, and feelings of anger. As speculated by researchers, Evans et al., they “[view the] lack of self-control as the personal characteristic that links inept parenting practices such as verbal abuse … to adolescent antisocial behavior”(1098). Whenever a parent verbally abuses his children, he is affecting the way that they are able to control themselves around him (the parent) and also other people that the children comes in contact with. Other examples of the physical effects of verbal abuse is misbehavior, frustration, and a desire to get back at their parents for how they have been treated. When parents mistreat their child, they build up “feelings [that] increase the risk of delinquency because they foster belligerence and explosiveness… and create a desire for retaliation and revenge” (1098). Children that are verbally abused are more likely to struggle with controlling their anger. These children are more likely to become criminals because they have so much pent up anger that has been placed there by their parents. When parents abuse their children, they physically affect them because the child lacks self-control, is more likely to become a delinquent, and has problems with
This specific definition of lateral violence is preferred over others because it does not single out relationships between those of different rank or hierarchy. The deliberate and harmful behavior used in this definition can take many forms. In nursing, it can be seen as unintentional, thoughtless acts to purposeful intentional, destructive acts meant to harm, intimidate or humiliate another group or individual (Sincox & Fitzpatrick, 2008). Lateral violence can be verbal, physical, and psychological as well. This definition of LV and its many forms will be used consistently throughout this paper.
Workplace violence has existed throughout history. However, historical documentation of workplace violence is vague and sometimes non-existent. Documented workplace violence is believed to have existed during the Roman Empire, the Renaissance Era, and it continues today. It seems unfortunate, but as long as a “society” exists, workplace violence will more than likely exist. Therefore, employers must understand: the history of workplace violence, the effects it has on the organization, the reasons why it occurs, the warning signs, and ways to prevent it from occurring. Most importantly, it is the responsibility of the Manager, to not only understand workplace violence, but to ensure that all employees
Growing up in an abusive household was reality to my siblings and I. Being an adult now, I’ve struggled maintaining control over my anger and have had an issue in doing so since I was a child. It’s a fact that “children who witness violence between one’s parents or caretakers are the strongest risk factor of transmitting violent behavior from one generation to the next.”
This assignment will describe the forms of abuse which may be experienced by adults; describing indicators that abuse may be happening to adults. It will then look at factors that may lead to abusive situations and assess the possible immediate effects of two different forms of abuse. The abuse that will be specifically looked at will be sexual and financial abuse, further extending by evaluating the potential long term effects of the two types of abuse.
Hatred in the work environment breeds various issues for workers. For example, representatives working in a negative situation will probably discover issues with confidence and low profitability. Also, a negative work environment can prompt high representative turnover rates. To build energy in the work environment, workers must to make a positive workplace and do what it takes to maintain and cultivate this culture. According to Yoder-wise (2011), “the definition of violence includes overt and covert behavior ranging from offensive threatening language to homicide” (Yoder Wise, 2011, p.498). Violence can be noted as the general term that represents lateral aggression,
Nothing less is allowed from the children. These authoritative parents tend to listen to their children’s arguments, but never change their minds. Additionally, the parents dominate and make decisions for the children (Benton). These children are mentally abused because of the lack of communication and emotional support. The emotional needs tend to shift moreover to the parents
Thesis • Horizontal violence among nurses reduces the quality of care patients receive and influences whether students remain in the nursing profession based on clinical experiences during placement. • The Canadian Nurses Association (2005) defines horizontal aggression “as aggressive behaviour that one registered nurse commits against another in the workplace.” • Tolerance of horizontal violence is connected with hierarchical nature of abuse and continues to be unreported and overlooked because in many incidents the perpetrator involved is a supervisor, nurse manager or charge nurse. “In order to succeed, [nurses] must accept that their role is defined by those with power and authority (pitts, 1985).
Department of Health and Human Services confirmed over 754,000 cases of child maltreatment; nearly 18% were victims of physical maltreatment or child physical abuse (Tucker & Rodriguez, 2014). Stress is a major contributor to child physical cruelty possibility. Parent-child aggression can be characterized along with a selection, where physical discipline alternates at some point to become physically violent, contributing to the difficulty in unique physical discipline switches at some points to become physically abusive. Physical abuse often occurs within the environment of a parent administering physical discipline. The concept of child abuse potential includes beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors identified in abusive parents to estimate the likelihood that a parent will engage in physical discipline that becomes abusive. Family dysfunction alone has long been recognized as insufficient to lead to abuse. Abusive families are more likely to display an unstable and unpredictable family structure. Larger family size was associated with greater abuse
According to the above literature and the fact on the ground domestic violence physically, psychologically and socially affects women, men and their families. In addition, the abuse usually is an attempt by one partner to exert control through pressure, fear, verbal abuse or threats of violence. Therefore, the family system concepts theory “understanding the significance of the environmental context of the family system is the key to assessing family process and outcomes” Thomlison, 2010, p. 45). The family system “concept 1 theory is the family as a system is greater than the sum of its individual system (Thomlison, 2010, p. 46). In addition, this theory is very helpful on identity the impact of the domestic violence on the family because the issues are related to one another any change in one part will affect the others (Thomlison, 2010, p. 46). According to this concept, a practitioner can clearly visualize children growing up in violent homes do not need to be physically abused to take on violent and delinquent behavior it is enough to witness their mother’s or father’s abuse. For instance, if a practitioner is dealing with a teenager who is struggling lose the ability to feel empathy for others, feel socially isolated, unable to make friends as easily due to social discomfort or confusion over what is acceptable. The practitioner if he uses concept 1 can assist and understand the cause of teenage behavior during intervention if he understands the family as a whole”
The purpose of this study is to see whether or not domestic violence causes a damaging affect on children. The study will included criminal justice students in College and the age range will be between 18 and 23 years old. The method is qualitative and will be an interview.
It is common for parents and their children to have disagreements and to have arguments but sometimes these disagreements can turn into abuse. Children usually use violence to try to “control or bully them” (Parenting and Child Health, n.d.) This violence usually occurs when the child “frightens, threatens or physically hurts them. It can involve using abusive language, pushing, shoving, kicking, throwing things, or threatening with knives or other weapons” ((Parenting and Child Heathen’s.) Children may abuse their parents due to the normalization of that parent getting abused by the other parent within their household. The child may use the parent that abusing the other parent as a model for the way they should act towards their parent as well and justify their actions simply as something that they observed in their household. The violence that children commit against their parents affects that subsystem because it leaves it broken. There is a strain within the parent and child relationship that forms a direct result of constant conflict and abuse between the child and parent. Sometimes, in child-child relationships, an older sibling may become “more aggressive” with their younger sibling because of the abuse that they have witnessed and been exposed to. (Fantuzzo, Mohr, 1999) The children can become socialized by the parents to believe that
Workplace violence is a serious and growing issue in society. Employers need to develop intervention strategies to decrease reduce violence in the workplace. Also, employers and employees need to be aware of the signs when people exhibit behaviors that can lead to workplace violence. As a society, the issue needs to be acknowledged of the reality and work together for creating a solution. Lastly, employers and employees must not live in fear of addressing concerns if they see the potential for workplace violence or report when they witness or experience workplace violence.
In relation to this topic control theory could arguably explain potential effects and impacts on children witnessing domestic violence. This theory is based on the principle that family conflicts may result in an individuals need to maintain and obtain power in a relationship (Britt and Gottfredson, 2003). This could potentially result in the individual forming destructive relationships due to the underlying fact that victim tends to adapt to the abuse and challenge the abuser. This may result the victim begins to modify their behaviour in to the same nature as their abuser as a form of defence mechanism, in order to avoid potential abuse in the
Family situations in which both parents are under mass amounts of stress and must work tediously to make ends meet are often inclined to have victims of child abuse in the home. Often because of troubled times economically parents reach a breaking point and enforce their anger onto his or her child, beating them physically. In many cases, parents take “teaching their child a lesson” to very high extremes, using the act of discipline to mask an act of physical child abuse. While many parents abuse under stress and frustration, some are too young or immature to handle the responsibilities of a child; not containing the capacity or patience to care for a young one often ends in abuse. As seen there many cases in which guardians cannot handle the tasks of parenthood, leading to acts of abuse. Whereas, there are also many cases in which parents suffer from disorders, increasing the probability of child abuse in a home.