Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence

Question 1

What is another term from domestic violence?

Answer 1

family violence

Question 2

What are the 5 types of abuse?

Answer 2

1. Physical
2. Sexual
3. Neglect
4. Emotional
5. Economic

Question 3

Describe emotional abuse

Answer 3

the undermining of a person’s self-work with

• constant criticism
• name-calling
• isolating
• intimidating
• humiliating

Question 4

What is the failure to provide physical, emotional, educational, and medical needs?

Answer 4

neglect

Question 5

Bill won’t let Karen get a job, he dictates what they spend money on and won’t let Karen go back to school. What type of abuse is this?

Answer 5

Economic

Question 6

Describe sexual abuse

Answer 6

any form of sexual contact or exposure w/o consent

Question 7

Mike slaps and punched his wife, yesterday he burned her with his cigarette on her back. What type of abuse is this?

Answer 7

physical abuse

Question 8

What is the role of the perpetrator? Survivor?

Answer 8

the perpetrator is the individual applying the abuse and the survivor is the individual receiving the abuse

Question 9

If Sam is a perpetrator how might he describe his social life? His needs?

Answer 9

he would describe his social life as poor and that his SO is the closest person they know. He would consider his needs to be superior to his SO

Question 10

What is the difference between acts of commission and omission?

Answer 10

acts of commission are deliberate and intentional including physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. While acts on omission occurs when a child’s basic physical, emotional, or educational needs are not met

Question 11

What are the characteristics of children who are abused?

Answer 11

• younger than 3
• perceived as “different”
• may remind their parent of someone whom they do not like
• product of an unwanted pregnancy
• interference between bonding of parent and child

Question 12

What are some comorbidities with abuse?

Answer 12

• anxiety
• depression
• SI
• PTSD

Question 13

What are the 3 stages in the cycle of violence?

Answer 13

1. tension-building
2. acute battering
3. honeymoon

Question 14

What are some characteristics for women who are abused?

Answer 14

• pregnancy may trigger or increase violence
• violence may escalate when she tries to gain independence
• greatest risk for violence when she tries to leave

Question 15

Which RFs make an elderly women victims of elderly abuse?

Answer 15

• poor mental or physical health
• dependence on perp
• 75 yr white female
• parent of an abused child
• abusive spouse is now the primary caretaker

Question 16

What type of abuse is more common in the elderly?

Answer 16

economic