family influences Flashcards
intact family
natural parents with children
non-intact family
single-parent family (broken)
blended family
remarried family
single vs two parent families
delinquents tend to be from single parent families
parental absence
father absence is related to poor adjustments especially among boys
parental conflict
can be worse that parental divorce in many cases
parental separation/ divorce
divorce/ separation can have worse affects than parental death, and remarriage does not mitigate the effects of divorce
parenting skills
communication (poor communication)
engagement (interaction with child)
supervision (monitoring child’s behavior)
discipline (reasonable/ consistent punishments)
who created the 3 parenting styles?
Diana Baumrind
authoritative parenting
kids have choice but parents still expect them to do well (warm/strict)
authoritarian parenting
kids have rules they must follow (cold/strict)
permissive parenting
kids have freedom to make nearly all their decisions with little discipline from parents (warm/unstrict)
Judith Harris
opposing view to Baumrind, says that nurture (genetics and environment, not parenting styles), determine behavior. Also, peer affects are greater than parents
physical/ verbal abuse effects
injury/ death
aggression/delinquency
less empathy
emotional problems
sexual abuse effects
sense of betrayal
powerlessness
stigmatization
traumatic sexualization
negative impacts of abuse/ neglect
delinquency, suicides, arrests
comorbidity of substance and child abuse
must be treated simultaneously
predictors of abuse
parents were victims of abuse
presence of unrelated adults
isolated family
what age are parents most likely to abuse?
young parents (teenagers and unwedded), female perps typically younger than male
what age are kids most likely to be abused?
ages 0-3, being born prematurely adds risk
victimization rates for race
they vary, for Asian it is 4.4 per 1k kids, African American 25.2 per 1k kids
which gender most commonly abuses?
mothers who are acting alone because they are around children more
which parent commits more physical abuse/ neglect?
mothers
which parent commits more sexual abuse?
fathers