Week 12-Lecture 20 (Aggression in the family) Flashcards

1
Q

behavior carried out with the intention to inflict harm on a family member or a close other residing in the same household

A

family aggression

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2
Q
  • a husband beating his wife
  • a mother hurting her child
  • a parent doing sexual things to a child
  • brothers and sisters hitting each other
  • a child witnessing parents fighting
  • an adult striking an elderly parent
A

examples of family aggression

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3
Q

most violent relationship in the world

A

sibling relationships

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4
Q
  • physical abuse
  • sexual abuse
  • emotional/ psychological abuse
  • neglect
A

child maltreatment

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5
Q

the use of severe physical force intended to harm the Childs health, survival, development, or dignity

A

physical abuse

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6
Q

sexual contact between a child and an adult that is carried out for the sexual stimulation of the perpetrator

A

sexual abuse

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7
Q

failure to provide a developmentally appropriate, supportive environment

A

emotional/psychological abuse

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8
Q

failure to provide for the well being of the child in one of the following areas: health; education; emotional development; nutrition; shelter and safe living conditions

A

neglect

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9
Q

globally how many children aged 2-17 have experienced physical, sexual, or emotional violence or neglect in the past year

A

1 billion

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10
Q

1 in __ women and 1 in __ men report having been sexually abused as a child aged 0-17

A

1 in 5 women
1 in 13 men

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11
Q

3 in __ children aged 2-4 years regularly offer physical punishment and/or psychological violence at the hands of parents and caregivers

A

3 in 4

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12
Q

1 in ___ people 60 years and older experienced some form of abuse in community settings during the past year

A

1 in 6

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13
Q

2 in __ staff in nursing homes reporting that they have committed abuse to elders in the past year

A

2 in 3

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14
Q
  • genetic factors
  • fetal exposure to environmental toxins and maternal substance abuse
  • extreme or chronic stress during pregnancy
A

before a child is born risk factors

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15
Q
  • parental stressors
  • parental mental illness
  • parental substance abuse
  • parental criminality
  • single parenthood
  • intimate partner violence
A

after a child is born: parent factors

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16
Q
  • low warmth
  • high negativity
  • harsh discipline
  • inconsistent discipline
  • neglect
  • maltreatment
  • physical and sexual abuse
  • parental monitoring
A

after a child is born: parenting factors

17
Q
  • household conflict
  • high family strain
  • low family cohesion
  • large family size
A

after a child is born: family factors

18
Q
  • adversity
  • parents choose the neighborhood they live in, and neighborhood factors are important
A

after a child is born: situational factors

19
Q
  • high parental warmth and sensitivity
  • establishing routines
  • parental supervision and monitoring
  • consistent discipline
  • child involvement in family activities
  • prosocial parental values
  • selecting high quality neighborhoods
  • religious affiliation
  • separation from deviant peers
  • teaching social skills and self regulation
A

protective factors in the family system

20
Q

Core assumptions: family violence arising out of cultural norms, values, and practices in a society
Explanatory constructs
- patriarchal gender relations with men dominating women
- cultural acceptance of physical punishment

A

macro level explanations

21
Q

Core assumption: family violence arising out of specific constellations and living condition in a family
Explanatory constructs:
- economic stress
- crowded housing
- lack of communication skills
- transgenerational transmission

A

family level explanations

22
Q

Core assumption: family violence arising out of relationship and behavioral patterns between individual family members
Explanatory constructs:
- low relationship satisfaction
- difficult behavior from victim
- unfavorable cost benefit
- dyadic stress

A

interpersonal level explanations

23
Q

Core assumption: family violence arising out of personality, biographical experience, learning history, perpetrators, vulnerability factors of victims
Explanatory constructs:
- history of victimization
- abuser psychopathology
- insecure attachment
- social learning processes reinforcing aggression
- misperception and deficits in information processing

A

individual level explanations

24
Q

most victims of abuse do or do not become abusers themselves

A

do not

25
Q
  • abusive spouses tend to be abusive parents
  • parents who were abused as children are more likely than others to abuse their own children
  • children who were abused in the home are more likely to abuse their own parents
A

just facts