Deck 10: Psychological Maltreatment of Children

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a guiding assumption listed by the authors in their consideration of psychological maltreatment?

A)PM occurs alone, but is also associated with all other forms, occurrences, and outcomes of child maltreatment.
B)prevention of other forms of abuse and neglect will be inadequate until their PM components are recognized and incorporated in interventions.
C)the goal of preventing OM can advance child protection toward the recommended promotion of good child caregiving and primary prevention
D)recognition of PM should be put ahead of prevention and intervention of other forms of maltreatment because it is so interconnected

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Beth is a 17-year-old single mother of baby Bob.Beth is addicted to cocaine, and she prostitutes herself to make money for drugs.Beth and the baby live with Beth's pimp.Beth almost never interacts with her baby, leaving him for many hours at a time propped up in front of the television.Beth seldom picks up or holds the baby.Which form of psychological maltreatment does this represent?

A)spurning
B)denying emotional responsiveness
C)isolating
D)terrorizing

Answer 2

B

Question 3

In the United States, self-report data indicate a lifetime prevalence of PM ranging from ______ to ______ in community samples.

A)19%; 32%
B)17%; 27%
C)13%; 25%
D)12%; 15%

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Ten-year-old Sue's mother will not allow Sue to play with other children.Sue is home schooled, and she almost never interacts with people outside her own family.Sue is not allowed to use the telephone and she is not allowed on the computer to communicate with others.Sue's mother tells her, "Honey, other people will try to take advantage of you.The ones who won't take advantage of you will try to abuse you." Which form of psychological maltreatment does this represent?

A)spurning
B)denying emotional responsiveness
C)isolating
D)terrorizing

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of a problem of intrapersonal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors?

A)suicidal thoughts by the abused child
B)siblings having negative thoughts toward an abused child
C)the abusive parent having suicidal thoughts
D)the neighbors ignoring the child's suicidal tendencies

Question 6

______ is particularly devastating from birth through five years of age and then again in adolescence.

A)PM
B)Emotional unresponsiveness
C)Terrorizing
D)Spurning

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a tier or the Three-Tiered Approach?

A)all children
B)children at risk
C)adolescent children
D)children experiencing maltreatment

Question 8

State and criminal statutes often refer to PM as ______ or ______.

A)emotional abuse; mental injury
B)emotional abuse; mental illness
C)mental injury; crazymaking
D)mental illness; mental injury

Question 9

The Public Health Approach emphasizes and supports ______?

A)perpetrator treatment
B)child rights to be free of maltreatment
C)prevention campaigns
D)the health of the general public

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a reason cited by the authors explaining why prevalence and incidence of PM are difficult to determine?

A)Differentiation of PM from poor parenting is challenging.
B)PM's association with other forms of maltreatment may go largely unrecognized.
C)PM is under-recognized due to its relatively low level of priority in social services.
D)Legal authorities are apprehensive about responding to cases of PM.

Question 11

Abraham Maslow proposed human needs theory and explained that PM can be understood to derive its power from being an attack on ______?

A)safety need fulfillment
B)basic need fulfillment
C)attachment need fulfillment
D)qualitative need fulfillment

Question 12

Approximately how many children globally experience violence by a caregiver?

A)1 billion
B)500,000
C)9 million
D)1.7 billion

Question 13

The dose-response relationship between forms of maltreatment refers to the idea that ______?

A)more severe, frequent, and longer duration are related to adverse outcomes.
B)the dose of treatment intervention is related to adverse outcomes
C)the response of the prevention dose is related to adverse outcomes
D)the dose of PM is related to adverse outcomes

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a category included in the IDEAA Framework?

A)problems of intrapersonal thoughts feelings and behaviors
B)emotional problems and symptoms
C)mental illness problems
D)social competency and anti-social functioning

Question 15

______ is the step taken in the interests of children to promote secure well-being and to prevent and correct maltreatment and its consequences.

A)Prevention
B)Intervention
C)Interruption
D)Legal action

Question 16

According to the authors, which type of prevention approach has the most promise?

A)three-tiered
B)multilevel
C)family-focused
D)public health

Question 17

Which of the following is not a consideration of severity of PM?

A)intensity, extremeness, frequency, and chronicity
B)number of PM subtypes and other forms of maltreatment occurring
C)salience of the types
D)whether or not there has been legal intervention in the past

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT a factor listed as influencing the effects of PM on a given child?

A)age
B)gender
C)genetic sensitivity
D)counteracting or intensifying contexts

Question 19

According to ______ "child abuse and neglect" means, "at a minimum, any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation, or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm."

A)Texas State Law
B)California Law
C)U.S.Federal Law
D)United Nations Law

Question 20

The true prevalence of psychological maltreatment is

A)unknown
B)between 20,000 and 28,000 cases per year
C)between 1 billion and 1.5 billion cases per year
D)between 1000 and 14,000 cases per year

Question 21

Discuss the impact pf PM, be sure to reference different developmental periods.

Question 22

Please discuss the IDEAA framework for harm including the five research supported conditions.

Question 23

Why is it difficult to define psychological maltreatment?

Question 24

Discuss the Public Health Approach and what makes it unique from other approaches to prevention and intervention?

Question 25

Please discuss the reasons why prevalence and incidence of PM are difficult to determine.