«Exposure to psychological domestic abuse most damaging to children's wellbeing: New research shows that exposure to
psychological abuse between parents is more damaging to children's wellbeing in the long term than physical domestic violence.»
Not exact matches
The parallels
between spousal
abuse and
abuse within the church are very strong — and the
psychological grip held by those in authority in such situations can be even stronger.
Utley says the experiences of Other Women may «be applicable to other relational power differentials
between women and men, particularly relationships where there is exploitation or emotional,
psychological, physical, sexual, social and / or financial
abuse.»
Directors Danielle Agnello and Joe Hall collaborate on this minimalist study of abandonment,
abuse, guilt, and
psychological despair set against the backdrop of Los Angeles» hipster enclaves and focusing on the broken bond
between three once - inseparable brothers.
In this series of posts we touched on some of the
psychological defenses and reasons behind
abuse or relinquishing pets as discussed in When Pets Come
Between Partners by Joel Gavriele - Gold, PhD.
Steve has been studiously non-political throughout this controversy, but it could be he's being drawn into an ideological war
between the true believers at UWA and those who are trying to verify what looks like
abuse of
psychological methods to ridicule and defame people who are not believers.
In particular, survivors of sexual
abuse who often suffer from lifelong financial hardship, depression, anxiety and other
psychological disabilities, will now not be forced to choose
between remaining on ODSP and pursuing justice through the courts.
Much of the criticism appears to be focused on the differences
between physical and
psychological abuse, rather than on the similarities.
Fighting
between residents with failures by the administration to intervene,
psychological abuse, neglect, maintenance issues, negligent hiring, improper training, falsifying documents, and other causes of injuries could lead to compensation awards against the home.
Felitti and colleagues1 first described ACEs and defined it as exposure to
psychological, physical or sexual
abuse, and household dysfunction including substance
abuse (problem drinking / alcoholic and / or street drugs), mental illness, a mother treated violently and criminal behaviour in the household.1 Along with the initial ACE study, other studies have characterised ACEs as neglect, parental separation, loss of family members or friends, long - term financial adversity and witness to violence.2 3 From the original cohort of 9508 American adults, more than half of respondents (52 %) experienced at least one adverse childhood event.1 Since the original cohort, ACE exposures have been investigated globally revealing comparable prevalence to the original cohort.4 5 More recently in 2014, a survey of 4000 American children found that 60.8 % of children had at least one form of direct experience of violence, crime or
abuse.6 The ACE study precipitated interest in the health conditions of adults maltreated as children as it revealed links to chronic diseases such as obesity, autoimmune diseases, heart, lung and liver diseases, and cancer in adulthood.1 Since then, further evidence has revealed relationships
between ACEs and physical and mental health outcomes, such as increased risk of substance
abuse, suicide and premature mortality.4 7
Association
between discrimination, stress and chronic conditions (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer), as well as smoking, substance use, harms from
abuse and violence, poor self - assessed health status and high
psychological distress among Indigenous Australians
Association
between racism,
psychological distress and risk behaviours such as substance
abuse and self - harm, as well as physical injury from race - motivated assaults
Based on prior research suggesting that distinctions
between allegations and substantiations are not useful, 31,32 official reports of alleged child
abuse were coded using a slightly modified version33 of the maltreatment classification scheme developed by Barnett et al. 34 Three general indicators of child
abuse were created, each dichotomized as present or not, based on the coding of the following records: (1) physical
abuse (any blows or injury to the head, torso, buttocks, or limbs; and violent handling, choking, burning, shaking, or nondescript injury); (2) sexual
abuse (any sexual exposure, exploitation, molestation, or penetration); and (3)
psychological maltreatment (threats to
psychological safety and security, lack of acceptance and threats to self - esteem, or failure to allow age - appropriate autonomy).
Conflict or violent relationships
between parents, including emotional,
psychological, or physical
abuse, negatively affect children.
Roche, D.N., Runtz, M.G. and Hunter, M.A. (1999) Adult attachment: A mediator
between child sexual
abuse and later
psychological adjustment.
How Victims Become Offenders Widom & Wilson (2009) In Children as Victims, Witnesses, and Offenders:
Psychological Science and the Law View Abstract Presents current knowledge about the relationship
between childhood victimization and juvenile offending and examines potential mechanisms whereby
abused and neglected children develop from child victims into child and adolescent offenders.
Mediation may not be an appropriate means of dispute resolution if there is an imbalance of negotiating power
between the parties, where there are
psychological issues with one or both parties, subtle intimidation by one against the other, where there has been as history of domestic
abuse, or other issues.
Childhood sexual
abuse and childhood physical
abuse are among the strongest predictors of psychiatric pathology and severity of clinical course, including suicide.2,4 - 14 The influence of childhood sexual
abuse and childhood physical
abuse on
psychological development is thought to be mediated directly by changes in cognitive processing of threatening stimuli,15 - 18 resulting in enhanced negative affect to daily life stressors.19 Although there is a clear link
between early - life adversity and psychopathology, very little is known about the molecular mechanisms responsible for the long - lasting behavioral consequences of childhood
abuse.
Childhood
Abuse History and Substance Use Among Men and Women Receiving Detoxification Services Brems, Johnson, Neal, & Freemon American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 30 (4), 2004 View Abstract Examines the link between childhood victimization and subsequent substance use and psychological adjustment among men and women receiving detoxification services at a large substance abuse treatment ce
Abuse History and Substance Use Among Men and Women Receiving Detoxification Services Brems, Johnson, Neal, & Freemon American Journal of Drug and Alcohol
Abuse, 30 (4), 2004 View Abstract Examines the link between childhood victimization and subsequent substance use and psychological adjustment among men and women receiving detoxification services at a large substance abuse treatment ce
Abuse, 30 (4), 2004 View Abstract Examines the link
between childhood victimization and subsequent substance use and
psychological adjustment among men and women receiving detoxification services at a large substance
abuse treatment ce
abuse treatment center.
Patients had to fulfil the following criteria: a diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective psychosis, or delusional disorder according to criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd edition, revised11; no evidence of organic brain disease; substance
abuse not identified as the primary problem; age
between 18 and 65 years; presence of persistent hallucinations or delusions, or both, for a minimum of 6 months and at least 1 month of stabilisation if they had experienced an exacerbation during this period; stable medication; no
psychological or family intervention; their responsible medical officer had given permission for them to enter the study; no serious threat of violence towards the assessors; and they had given informed consent to participate.
«Tensions exist
between children's needs for contact with their father and their need to be protected from the physical, sexual and
psychological abuse that is common in families where there has been other forms of violence such as woman
abuse.
In fact,
psychological abuse appears in almost every case of physical aggression
between intimate partners and is often a precursor to physical violence.
to stop or prevent the initiation of dating violence victimization and perpetration, including the
psychological, physical, and sexual
abuse that may occur
between youths involved in a dating relationship
It also explores the relationships
between animal
abuse and conduct disorder (CD), analyzes the motives of child and adolescent animal abusers, and considers the contexts that may lead to the emergence of animal
abuse as a symptom of
psychological disorder.
Safe Dates is a school - based prevention program for middle and high school students designed to stop or prevent the initiation of dating violence victimization and perpetration, including the
psychological, physical, and sexual
abuse that may occur
between youths involved in a dating relationship.
B. Rind, P. Tromovitch, and R. Bauserman (1998) reported a meta - analysis of the relation
between sexual
abuse in childhood and adolescence and
psychological functioning among college students.
Substance
abuse and marital dissatisfaction mediated the relationship
between impulsivity and
psychological abuse.
Although anger / hostility was not a mediator, there were bivariate associations
between anger / hostility and impulsivity,
psychological abuse, and husband violence.