emotional abuse

examples of ignoring

doesn't respond to child's needs, doesn't call kid by name, fails to allow kid normal or appropriate privacy, shows no affection to child, fails to stimulate child appropriate, psychologically unavailable on consistent basis

ignoring

adult blocks the child from sharing stimulation, stifling emotional growth, and intellectual development

corrupting

adult encourages child to engage in destructive and antisocial behavior, reinforces the deviance and makes the child unfit for normal social experiences

examples of corrupting

allowing kids to watch porn, teaching illegal activities, teaching sexually explorative behaviors, providing drugs/alcohol, using them as spy/ally or confident in romantic relationships or marital or divorces problems

examples of rejecting a child

belittling/ridiculing, purposefully/continually embarrassing the child, confusing child's sexual identity, ridiculing/punishing age appropriate behaviors as too immature

rejecting

caregiver refuses to acknowledge the child's worth and legitimacy of the child's needs

isolating

child is usually scapegoat, adult cuts child off from normal social experiences, prevents the child from forming friendships, and makes the child believe that they're alone in the world

What kind of abuse is the underlying component of all types of abuse?

emotional abuse

What kind of abuse is more difficult to identify? Why?

emotional abuse; marks are left on the inside

examples of terrorizing

excessive threats, threatening/frightening kid with objects, bizarre means of disciplines, punishing child by playing on normal childhood fears, threatening to l eave the child or commit suicide, threatening to harm others in child's presence

child characteristics of emotional abuse

feelings of inadequacy, isolation, unwanted/uninvolved low self esteem, feelings of unworthiness

family dynamics of emotional abuse

marry wrong mate, unwanted pregnancy, parents with mental illness, parental failure to meet own needs search for fulfillment, alcoholism, angry parents, parents too young

parental characteristics of emotional abuse

may have been emotionally abused and repeats patterns from past, lack of appropriate coping skills, mental illness, inappropriate expectations, limited knowledge of child development, marital problems, substance abuse

emotional abuse

mental/emotional injury to a child that results in an observable and material impairment in the child's growth, development, or psychological functioning

child's responses in emotional abuse

neat/clean or messy, polite or belligerent, passive or hostile, too friendly or shows no affection

examples of isolating

not allowing child to participate in family routine, physically separating the child from family unit, not allowing child to contact peers, locking child up, punishing requests for interaction with family or others, binding or gagging child to prevent interaction

emotionally abusive behaviors

over pressuring and destruction of personal property or pets and verbal assault

5 categories of emotional abuse

rejecting, isolating, terrorizing, ignoring, corrupting

What is emotional abuse reported as?

stand alone abuse

terrorizing

when adult verbally assaults the child, creates a climate of fear, bullies and frightens the child and makes the child believe that the world is hostile and unsafe

What does emotional abuse involve?

words, actions, and indifference