Chapter 6 Flashcards

1
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Historic view of adolescent behavior

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criminal, needing physical discipline and incarceration

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2
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How adolescents are different from children

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Strength, cognition, and sexual interest

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3
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How adolescents are different from adults

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Time of transition, maturity, different circumstances

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4
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Historic view of physical abuse

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Stern discipline or punishment

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5
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Why agencies pay scant attention to parental abuse of adolescents

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Societal perceptions that behavior makes them complicit in abuse. Legitimate attempts to maintain control. Less physically vulnerable

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6
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DHHS types of child maltreatment

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MN PPP S (Minnesota point-to-point protocol sucks)

Medical neglect, Neglect/deprivation, Physical Abuse, Psych abuse, sexual abuse, polyvictim

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7
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Problems measuring effects of maltreatment on adolescence

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Identity of informant, timing of abuse

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8
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Maltreatment in only late childhood

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2x odds delinquency in early adolescence

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9
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Maltreatment only during adolescence

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4x delinquency in early adolescence, 3x delinquency in late adolescence

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10
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Maltreatment during childhood and adolescence

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Increased delinquency odds during late adolescence, NOT early adolescence

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11
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Most prevalent forms of adolescent abuse

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Physical then psychological, then medical then neglect.

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12
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Psychiatric disorders CPA victims are at increased risk for

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depression, disruptive behavior, drug abuse

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13
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Predictors of trauma symptomatology

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polyvictimization, and either sexual assault by a known perpetrator or emotional bullying

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14
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Predictors of higher psychopathology at age 24

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low SES, delinquent friends, heightened physical punishment

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15
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Genetic mediators for effects of parental psychopathology

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Disinhibition and negative affectivity (BPD features)

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16
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Gender difference in effects of adol abuse

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Girls behavior is more adversely effected by abuse than boys even though boys base rate of violence is higher

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17
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Common contexts of sexual assaults

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Within an intimate relationship, at parties/social gathering

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18
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Common relationships to offenders of sexual assualts

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friend/acquaintance, partner/ex-partner

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19
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Differences between adolescent and adult assault

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Adolescents more likely to have been assaulted after/at party, less likely than adults to have had consensual sex previously, less likely to have been assaulted after going to a bar, and tended to have been assaulted by a current partner.

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20
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Characteristics of the home of teen mothers

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Interparental violence, physical/sexual violence, poverty, low educational attainment of parents, low school achievement by children.

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21
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Country with most teenage pregnancies in the industrialized world

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the United States

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22
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Problems for teen mothers

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Born prematurely, low birth wright, higher mortality, dropping out of school, remaining a single parent.

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23
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Race/ethnic status of teen mothers

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Hispanics, Blacks, Whites…

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24
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Do most types of parent-to-adolescent abuse occur simultaneously?

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Yes

25
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Therapy able to reduce trauma symptoms

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Individual and group cognitive

26
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Modules in health education class

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Discussed healthy nonviolent relationships, found a reduction in agression

27
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Best type of classroom treatment

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Multisystemic therapy: coordinated, community, parent, and adolescent intervention strategy.

28
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Most common form of incest

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Sibling incest

29
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Reactions to sibling sexual interactions

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Depression and anxiety, academic achievement, lower competence in peer relationships

30
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Secondary victims

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Family members of abuse victims: they can experience a number of psychological difficulties associated with the abuse

31
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Views of mothers in sex abusive families

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Shift from co-conspirator to covictim. Most mothers of child victims believe their children.

32
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Age trends on adolescent abuse

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Physical assaults increase with age, sexual assaults decline. (opposing results using victimization data)

33
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Theories of detrimental sibling interactions.

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Learning theory, feminist theory, conflict theory

34
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Learning theory in sibling interactions

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Children have experience parent-to-child violence and witnessed interpersonal violence.

35
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Feminist theory

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Structure of families and cultural acceptance of violence.

36
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Conflict theory

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Violence is used to resolve conflict triggered by parental behavior and resource competition.

37
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Treatments for juvenile sex offenders

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VBT, MST, Good Lives Model

38
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Treatment of sibling incest victims

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Cognitive processing therapy

39
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Tips for working with sibling abuse survivors

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Disclosure is beneficial. Common faulty misconception about consensual incest.

40
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More likely to agress against a date

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Hypersensitive to rejection (thy: adolescents rejected by parents, become agressive in anticipation)

41
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Relation of dating violence

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Family-of-origin violence (thy: social learning)

42
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Explanations of DV

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Shaming, family dysfunction, attachment, socialization of girls, of males, peer influences, media influences

43
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Criminal justice system

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Adult-centered

44
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Consequences of dating sexual abuse

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PTSD symptoms

45
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Comparing DV across sexual orientation

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more frequent among same-sex youths

46
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Same-sex developmental issues

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limited friendships, poor parental relationships, victimization experiences

47
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SSA Adolescent findings

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Lower quality of relationships with fathers, more depression, lower self-esteem, less school identity.

48
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LGBT victimization

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More vicitimization: verbal, physical, sexual, especially males.

49
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Ways to reduce heterosexism

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having acquaintances/friends who are homosexual

50
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When should DV treatment start?

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Middle school: current research suggests that risk for DV increases with age.

51
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Perspectives of DV prevention

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Developmental, sociocultural, gendered

52
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Teens are most likely to disclose abuse to…

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Their peers

53
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Effect of transfers on juveniles

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higher rearrest rates, shorter time to reoffending

54
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Will teens disclose abuse to a health provider?

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Personal factors, patient-provider factors, provider factors

55
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Barriers to help for teens with psych problems

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Race and lack of insurance coverage

56
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Most appropriate time to begin DV/ sibling abuse prevention

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Onset of adolesence

57
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Separate boy/girl DV programs or together?

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Separating boys and girls into same-sex groups was essential.

58
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Successful DV programs

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Safe Dates, Break the cycle, Coaching boys into men campaign, expect respect.