The Effect Of Child Abuse On The Emotional Development Of The Infant To Five Year Old Child In The United States.

The Effect of Child Abuse on the Emotional Development of the Infant to Five Years Old in the United States A Review of the Literature Child abuse is one of the most serious issues in the United States today. Child abuse is the physical, emotional/ psychological or sexual maltreatment of a minor. Neglecting a child is another type of abuse, and includes malnutrition, abandonment, and/or inadequate care of a child’s safety. Additionally, any neglectful act can lead to physical or emotional harm

hearts" (Fulghum). Psychological abuse in children does not receive as much attention as physical abuse; however, verbal abuse, emotional abuse and neglect can affect children as much as physical abuse. When compared to physical abuse, psychological abuse has less punishments for the perpetrators, more chances of occurring and different effects on the victims.
 First, perpetrators of physical abuse receive harsher punishments than the perpetrators of psychological abuse. On one hand, because of the evidences

Character studies in the respect that one whole nation has one typical personality, not allowing for variations in individual personalities in a given culture, Gorer does make a good point in his swaddling hypothesis about how swaddling can affect the infant through adulthood. Erikson also supported this view comparing it to the use of cradleboards by the Oglala Sioux Indians. He proposed that the use of cradleboards in infancy led to the personality extremes of their stoicism and violent outbursts in

Child abuse is the physical or emotional mistreatment of a child by a parent, guardian, or other person. Information of child abuse, including sexual abuse, beating, and murder, have climbed in the United States and some authorities believe that the number of cases is under reported. Child neglect is sometimes integrated in legal definitions of child abuse to cover instances of starvation, abandonment, and insufficient care of a child's safety. When reported, child maltreatment cases are intricate

Abstract Child abuse is still a significant problem in United States. There are 2.9 million child abuse reports to Child Protective Services in 2005 and 825,000 indicated cases. Child abuse has profound impact on the child’s current and future development. The consequences include health and physical effects, intellectual and cognitive impact, and emotional, psychological and behavioral consequences. To improve parenting practice of first time parents is an important way to address this problem.

Consequences of Child Abuse Introduction Child abuse has infested the United States of America; it is now more common than ever before, and sometimes it may not be known that this issue is occurring. In most cases, it is obvious to the child and sometimes to his surrounding support; although in few cases, the child may not be capable of comprehending the issue at hand to further tell and report the situation (Shi 198). There is an error in the method used to study how often child abuse occurs. The problem

Introduction According to the National Academy of Sciences, about 15 million children (one in five) in the United States live in households with parents who have major and/or severe forms of depression. Parental depression negatively affects a fathers’ and mothers’ caregiving, ability to physically support and nurture a child, and is associated with poor health and developmental outcomes for children of all ages, including prenatally. Depressed mothers are more likely than non-depressed mothers to

In a compilation of seven studies, a range of experiments were completed to see what kind of effects prolonged foster care had on a child, effects from adoption had on a child, and a comparison to between the two. Some studies also compared both to the norm population to give a better understanding of the effects. The studies that will be explored also go into finding differences between the children as well as why those differences may have occurred if any existed. It can be hypothesized that those

is inborn and is as essential for survival as food, water, and air; it is an emotional, object specific relationship that develops towards a primary caregiver (Bowlby, 1969). Through series of experiments Bowlby explained the nature and the role of physical proximity of a child to a caregiver as a secure base for exploration of the world (Bowlby, 1969). He concluded that it is essential for a child’s healthy development to have at least one caregiver who takes on a role of that secure base, which

personality traits including chaotic interpersonal relationships, poor impulse control, and emotional instability. Theorists and clinicians have suggested that attachment based theories provide a framework to understanding and assessing BPD etiology. Links between insecure attachment along with abuse and neglect are relevant casual factors in the development of this personality disorder. Keywords: abuse, attachment, borderline personality disorder, mentalization  Borderline personality disorder