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Child Abuse And Positive Outcomes

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Victims of Child Abuse and Positive Outcomes
By: Kierstin Long, Jazmyn Mason, and Shelby Martz

Introduction
How do victims of child abuse in the last 20 years cope with their past to live a normal life? A normal life will be classified as; Completing an education, getting a job, and enjoying wellbeing and quality of life. The purpose of this study is to learn how behaviors of family members and how different parental and guardian roles affect a child’s wellbeing as well as create a potential outlet for children and their families so this problem could potentially be recognized and solutions may be given.
The significance of this study is to see how a person copes with past abuse so that she has successful outcomes. It is also important …show more content…

The reasoning behind this is because abuse is obviously very prevalent, especially among children. Not only does abuse affect a child’s well-being but heavily weighs on the outcome of their near future. There has been research done but the vast majority of research indicates that child abuse physically results in negative outcomes in adulthood. (Harris.Block.Ogle.Goodman.Larson, 2015, P.1082). Important factors that are able to majorly affect the outcomes after abuse include: self-esteem, family structure, how a child develops physically and mentally, and the types of abuse and neglect. The outcomes are more likely to be negative due to these factors but are to be overcome. (Harris.Block.Ogle.Goodman.Larson, 2015, P.1090). Although abuse in the United States cannot be completely eradicated, the hope is that by raising awareness, children and families can recognize that a positive future is …show more content…

A meta-analysis is a collection of several studies and articles that have been published and peer reviewed. They also are an analysis of present day findings (Clark, pg. 484). In meta-analysis they use a statistical approach to combine the results from multiple studies in an effort to increase power and knowledge over individual studies, improve estimates of the size of the effect and/or to resolve uncertainty when reports disagree. The advantages of meta-analysis are that the date is already current and easily accessible. Another advantage is the wide range of similar studies and articles related to the researcher’s question. The disadvantages of meta-analysis are some of the information may become bias or skewed. The researchers need to pick out important findings, that they see fit for their study. They cannot just add every study or article they review. As we do that we will set up parameters for the searches of the literature databases and try to find everything a study that has looked at our question.

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