Sentences with phrase «pattern of psychological maltreatment»
Psychological maltreatment may result in a myriad of long - term consequences for the child victim.14 A chronic pattern of psychological maltreatment destroys a child's sense of self and personal safety.
According to Garbarino et al., psychologicalmaltreatment can be viewed as a patternof adult behavior which is psychologically destructive to the child, sabotaging the child's normal development of self and social competence (15).