Abuse and Trauma

Question 1

When was abuse recognized as a problem

Answer 1

70s

Question 2

Amount of children who are sexually victimized or recieve harsh physical punishment

Answer 2

1/10

Question 3

4 acts of maltreatent

Answer 3

Neglect
physical
sexual
emotional abuse

Question 4

Non-accidental trauma

Answer 4

Ranging effects of maltreatment on physical and emotional development

Question 5

Victimization

Answer 5

Abuse or maltreatment of a person with limited ability to protect themselves

Question 6

Roman law of chastisement

Answer 6

Husband could beat his wife with a stick as long as it was bigger around his thumb

Question 7

Church doctrine

Answer 7

Spare the rod and spoil the child

Question 8

1989

Answer 8

Convention of rights of children recognized exploitation and abuse of children

Question 9

Healthy families depend on..

Answer 9

parental competence
family circumstances
community resources

Question 10

Infants need

Answer 10

Protective and nurturing adults, opportunities for socialization within culture

Question 11

Older children need

Answer 11

Supportive family, peer contact, opportunity to master and explore environment

Question 12

Positive end

Answer 12

Healthy child rearing promotes child development

Question 13

Middle range

Answer 13

Dysfunctional actions represent irresponsible and harmful child care

Question 14

Negative end

Answer 14

Violate child’s basic needs in an abusive manner or through neglect

Question 15

Child abuse prevention and treatment act definition

Answer 15

Acts that result in death, serious physical or emotional harm, or act or failure to act that presents imminent risk

Question 16

Where is child abuse listed in DSM

Answer 16

Axis 1: Other conditions that may be focus of clinical attention– psychosocial/environmental problems

Question 17

Physical abuse

Answer 17

Injuries result of discipline or severe physical punishment– often unintentional

Question 18

Physical neglect

Answer 18

Refusal or delay in seeking healthcare, expulsion from home, abandonment and inadequate supervision

Question 19

Educational neglect

Answer 19

Allowing chronic truancy, failing to enrol child in school, failing to attend to special education needs

Question 20

Emotional neglect

Answer 20

Inattention to child’s need for affection, refusal or failure to provide psychological care, spousal abuse in child’s presence, permission to use drugs or alcohol

Question 21

Sexual abuse

Answer 21

Fondling child’s genitals, intercourse, incest, rape, sodomy, exhibitionism and commercial exploitation through prostitution or pornography

Question 22

amount of sexually abused kids who don’t show or report symptoms

Answer 22

1/3

Question 23

emotional abuse

Answer 23

Repeated acts or omissions that may cause serious behavioural, cognitive, emotional or mental disorders

Question 24

Amount of exploited children

Answer 24

10 million

Question 25

Greatest risk factor for exploitation

Answer 25

poverty

Question 26

Amount of investigations and confirmed reports

Answer 26

3.5 million investigations | 1/3 are confirmed

Question 27

Amount of maltreatment victims

Answer 27

1 million

Question 28

% of cases that are neglect

Answer 28

78.4

Question 29

% of cases that are physical abuse

Answer 29

11%

Question 30

% of cases that are sexual abuse

Answer 30

7.6%

Question 31

% of cases that are psychological maltreatment

Answer 31

7.6%

Question 32

Amount of kids suffering more than 1 form of maltreatment

Answer 32

1/4

Question 33

Life time prevalence of sexual abuse

Answer 33

4. 3% male | 12. 8% female

Question 34

Life time prevalence of physical abuse

Answer 34

31. 2% male | 21. 1% female

Question 35

% of sexual abuse victims that are female

Answer 35

80%

Question 36

% of children sexually abused by people other than parents

Answer 36

50%

Question 37

% of cases where mother is perpetrator of neglect

Answer 37

90%

Question 38

Most common perpetrator, other than sexual abuse

Answer 38

Mother younger than 30

Question 39

Personality characteristics

Answer 39

Positive self esteem and sense of self

Question 40

Attachment style of maltreated infants

Answer 40

Insecure- disorganized

Question 41

effects on neurobiology

Answer 41

Long term alterations in HPA axis and norepinephrine systems

Question 42

Affected brain areas

Answer 42

Hippocampus Pre-frontal cortex Amygdala

Question 43

Signs of maltreated boys and girls

Answer 43

Boys show heightened aggression | Girls show internalizing signs of distress

Question 44

cycle of violence hypothesis

Answer 44

Victims of violence have greater chance of becoming perpetrators themselves

Question 45

Mood and affect

Answer 45

Depression, emotional distress, suicidal ideation

Question 46

Amount of victims meeting PTSD criteria

Answer 46

1/2

Question 47

Amount of victims with lifetime PTSD

Answer 47

1/3

Question 48

Traumatic sexualization

Answer 48

child's sexual knowledge and behaviour shaped in developmentally innapropriate ways

Question 49

Relational disorder

Answer 49

Abuse and neglect more common during periods of stressful role transitions for parents, oppositional periods of testing limits and family disruption

Question 50

Premediated

Answer 50

Sexual abuse is often purposeful and intentional, trying to break child's resistance

Question 51

% of maltreatment caused by parent psychopathology

Answer 51

10%

Question 52

Integrated model

Answer 52

Parental and situational factors interact over time to increase or decrease risk pf physical abuse or neglect

Question 53

% of pedophiles awrae of interests before 17

Answer 53

50%

Question 54

Traits that pedophiles target

Answer 54

Family problems Spending a lot of time alone Seem unsure of themselves

Question 55

Costs of maltreatment

Answer 55

$124 billion

Question 56

5 criteria for PTSD

Answer 56

``` Direct or indirect exposure to trauma Re-experiencing trauama Avoidance of triggers Negative emotional state Hyper arousal More than 1 month with impairment ```

Question 57

Acute stress disorder

Answer 57

Less than 1 month + impairment with 9/14 symptoms

Question 58

Spanking laws

Answer 58

Allowed from age 2-12