Deck 5: Risk Factors in Child Abuse and Neglect

Question 1

Seeing a risk factor in a child, family, or community does not alone signify the existence of child abuse or neglect.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Young children are at risk of child abuse and neglect partly due to their limited ability to interact verbally with others.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Most provinces and territories allow foster parents to use corporal punishment to discipline foster children.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Being cared for outside the home is a risk factor for abuse.

Question 5

Children with disabilities may be at lower risk for medical neglect.

Question 6

In single parent households the introduction of a father surrogate does not increase the risk of maltreatment.

Question 7

The relationship between parental substance abuse and physical abuse is stronger than the relationship between parental substance abuse and other types of maltreatment.

Question 8

The strongest relationship between mental illness and child maltreatment is depression.

Question 9

Large family size does not increase the risk of child maltreatment as older children can help parent younger children.

Question 10

Parents who are poor have a higher likelihood of coming to the attention of mandatory reporters.