Chapter 6 Flashcards
Historic view of adolescent behavior
criminal, needing physical discipline and incarceration
How adolescents are different from children
Strength, cognition, and sexual interest
How adolescents are different from adults
Time of transition, maturity, different circumstances
Historic view of physical abuse
Stern discipline or punishment
Why agencies pay scant attention to parental abuse of adolescents
Societal perceptions that behavior makes them complicit in abuse. Legitimate attempts to maintain control. Less physically vulnerable
DHHS types of child maltreatment
MN PPP S (Minnesota point-to-point protocol sucks)
Medical neglect, Neglect/deprivation, Physical Abuse, Psych abuse, sexual abuse, polyvictim
Problems measuring effects of maltreatment on adolescence
Identity of informant, timing of abuse
Maltreatment in only late childhood
2x odds delinquency in early adolescence
Maltreatment only during adolescence
4x delinquency in early adolescence, 3x delinquency in late adolescence
Maltreatment during childhood and adolescence
Increased delinquency odds during late adolescence, NOT early adolescence
Most prevalent forms of adolescent abuse
Physical then psychological, then medical then neglect.
Psychiatric disorders CPA victims are at increased risk for
depression, disruptive behavior, drug abuse
Predictors of trauma symptomatology
polyvictimization, and either sexual assault by a known perpetrator or emotional bullying
Predictors of higher psychopathology at age 24
low SES, delinquent friends, heightened physical punishment
Genetic mediators for effects of parental psychopathology
Disinhibition and negative affectivity (BPD features)
Gender difference in effects of adol abuse
Girls behavior is more adversely effected by abuse than boys even though boys base rate of violence is higher
Common contexts of sexual assaults
Within an intimate relationship, at parties/social gathering
Common relationships to offenders of sexual assualts
friend/acquaintance, partner/ex-partner
Differences between adolescent and adult assault
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.
Characteristics of the home of teen mothers
Interparental violence, physical/sexual violence, poverty, low educational attainment of parents, low school achievement by children.
Country with most teenage pregnancies in the industrialized world
the United States
Problems for teen mothers
Born prematurely, low birth wright, higher mortality, dropping out of school, remaining a single parent.
Race/ethnic status of teen mothers
Hispanics, Blacks, Whites…
Do most types of parent-to-adolescent abuse occur simultaneously?
Yes
Therapy able to reduce trauma symptoms
Individual and group cognitive
Modules in health education class
Discussed healthy nonviolent relationships, found a reduction in agression
Best type of classroom treatment
Multisystemic therapy: coordinated, community, parent, and adolescent intervention strategy.
Most common form of incest
Sibling incest
Reactions to sibling sexual interactions
Depression and anxiety, academic achievement, lower competence in peer relationships
Secondary victims
Family members of abuse victims: they can experience a number of psychological difficulties associated with the abuse
Views of mothers in sex abusive families
Shift from co-conspirator to covictim. Most mothers of child victims believe their children.
Age trends on adolescent abuse
Physical assaults increase with age, sexual assaults decline. (opposing results using victimization data)
Theories of detrimental sibling interactions.
Learning theory, feminist theory, conflict theory
Learning theory in sibling interactions
Children have experience parent-to-child violence and witnessed interpersonal violence.
Feminist theory
Structure of families and cultural acceptance of violence.
Conflict theory
Violence is used to resolve conflict triggered by parental behavior and resource competition.
Treatments for juvenile sex offenders
VBT, MST, Good Lives Model
Treatment of sibling incest victims
Cognitive processing therapy
Tips for working with sibling abuse survivors
Disclosure is beneficial. Common faulty misconception about consensual incest.
More likely to agress against a date
Hypersensitive to rejection (thy: adolescents rejected by parents, become agressive in anticipation)
Relation of dating violence
Family-of-origin violence (thy: social learning)
Explanations of DV
Shaming, family dysfunction, attachment, socialization of girls, of males, peer influences, media influences
Criminal justice system
Adult-centered
Consequences of dating sexual abuse
PTSD symptoms
Comparing DV across sexual orientation
more frequent among same-sex youths
Same-sex developmental issues
limited friendships, poor parental relationships, victimization experiences
SSA Adolescent findings
Lower quality of relationships with fathers, more depression, lower self-esteem, less school identity.
LGBT victimization
More vicitimization: verbal, physical, sexual, especially males.
Ways to reduce heterosexism
having acquaintances/friends who are homosexual
When should DV treatment start?
Middle school: current research suggests that risk for DV increases with age.
Perspectives of DV prevention
Developmental, sociocultural, gendered
Teens are most likely to disclose abuse to…
Their peers
Effect of transfers on juveniles
higher rearrest rates, shorter time to reoffending
Will teens disclose abuse to a health provider?
Personal factors, patient-provider factors, provider factors
Barriers to help for teens with psych problems
Race and lack of insurance coverage
Most appropriate time to begin DV/ sibling abuse prevention
Onset of adolesence
Separate boy/girl DV programs or together?
Separating boys and girls into same-sex groups was essential.
Successful DV programs
Safe Dates, Break the cycle, Coaching boys into men campaign, expect respect.
