Psychological maltreatment: Progress achieved

Hart, Stuart N.; Brassard, Marla R.

doi:10.1017/s0954579400005095

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“…This is contrary to reports in which emotional abuse was present in most cases of physical abuse and neglect (Claussen & Crittenden, 1991;Crittenden, Claussen, & Sugarman, 1994). Hart and Brassard (1991) noted that populations in which pure forms of psychological maltreatment exist appear more likely to be found outside of the populations processed by the usual child protection jurisdictions. While child physical abuse and neglect do occur in the Army community, it is generally believed by Army Family Advocacy Program personnel that much of the substantiated physical abuse and neglect does not usually reach the level of severity of cases seen in communities served by civilian child protective services.…”

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confidence: 65%

“…Hart and Brassard (1991) believed that the parental behavior should not be called maltreatment unless such behavior has been established to produce a negative impact on child development. This statement then includes consideration of the threat of harm as well as extant harm to a particular child.…”

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“…Hart, Germain, and Brassard (1987), and recommended the development of operational definitions of psychological maltreatment embodying unambiguous and tested standards. They suggested operationally defining psychological maltreatment by caregivers as spurning (rejecting and hostile degradation), terrorizing, isolating, exploiting or corrupting acts, and denying emotional responsiveness (Hart & Brassard, 1991). Other definitions have emphasized the consequences for the child rather than the behavior of the caregiver (Somer & Braunstein, 1999).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Child emotional maltreatment: a 2-year study of US Army cases

Jellen

McCarroll

Thayer

2001

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Objective: Reports of childhood emotional maltreatment have increased greatly over the past decade. The objective of this research was to determine the types of emotional maltreatment substantiated in a community of US Army families residing temporarily in Germany. Such a description may help to improve the understanding of how a jurisdictional body defines emotional maltreatment in day-to-day practice. Method: Data were obtained from a review of the minutes of case review committees (CRCs) for 181 cases of child emotional abuse in 1997-1998. We determined the type, number, and severity of incidents, the substantiation rate, and the situations to which children were exposed. Results: The most frequently substantiated type of incident was witnessing domestic violence, 60% of all cases. Primary emotional abuse was found in 26% of cases, while emotional abuse in conjunction with child physical abuse or child neglect was found in 14% of cases. The more severe the case, the more likely it was to be substantiated. Conclusions: Emotional maltreatment was substantiated more as a single type than in combination with other forms of maltreatment. Seeing emotional abuse as a single entity may allow clinicians to focus on a relationship or situation (such as spouse abuse) that is potentially harmful to a child. However, recognizing the emotionally abusive aspects of child physical abuse and neglect could allow an expanded treatment plan that could include treatment of the emotionally abusive behavior to

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Child emotional maltreatment: a 2-year study of US Army cases

Jellen

McCarroll

Thayer

2001

Child Abuse & Neglect

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“…Selon certains chercheurs, l'impact et les conséquences de la maltraitance psychologique seraient principalement fonction de l'évaluation subjective que fait l'enfant des mauvais traitements subis (Hart et Brassard, 1991;Rohner, Khaleque et Cournoyer, 2005b). Autrement dit, quand l'enfant perçoit le rejet de sa personne dans un geste ou une omission parentale (p.ex., la fessée), cet événement aurait un effet néfaste sur son développement.…”

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Étude sur des facteurs de médiation entre le rejet maternel et les comportements des enfants

Dupré

Vézina-Gagnon

Daigneault

2017

psyedu

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Cette étude visait à déterminer si la régulation émotionnelle et l’empathie de l’enfant revêtent une fonction médiatrice entre le rejet maternel et les comportements de l’enfant. Des données ont été recueillies auprès d’un échantillon de 103 dyades mères-enfants (49 garçons et 54 filles âgés de 6 à 13 ans) recrutées dans trois écoles primaires et issues de familles majoritairement francophones. Les enfants et leur mère ont rempli des questionnaires afin de documenter le rejet et l’acceptation maternelle perçus par les enfants, leur régulation émotionnelle, leur empathie et leurs comportements prosociaux et antisociaux. Quatre modèles de médiation ont été testés par l’entremise du programme PROCESS (Hayes, 2013). Une technique de ré-échantillonnage à 10000 itérations a permis de déterminer que le rejet maternel était indirectement lié aux comportements prosociaux et antisociaux des enfants par l’entremise de la manière dont ils gèrent leurs émotions. En revanche, le rejet maternel n’apparaît pas indirectement lié aux comportements des enfants par l’entremise de leur empathie. Des études ultérieures utilisant un échantillon plus large et une mesure plus concrète de l’empathie sont nécessaires.

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“…Now that a multitude of harmful developmental outcomes have been linked to emotional abuse, researchers are questioning why, for whom, and how emotional abuse exerts its detrimental impacts and are searching for mediating and moderating factors that may explain the variability in outcomes associated with emotional abuse (Brassard & Donovan, 2006;Hart & Brassard, 1991;Wright, 2007). Most of this research is with adults and has found that depressive symptoms, self-criticism, fear of criticism/rejection, low self-esteem, and an insecure attachment style mediate the association between childhood emotional abuse and adult psychological symptoms (Brodhagen & Wise, 2008;Finzi-Dottan & Karu, 2006;Gerke, Mazzeo, & Kliewer, 2006;Hankin, 2005;Maciejewski & Mazure, 2006).…”

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Children’s Emotional Abuse and Relational Functioning: Social Support and Internalizing Symptoms as Moderators

Gabalda¹,

Broth

Thompson

et al. 2009

Journ Child Adol Trauma

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Emotional abuse in childhood has deleterious consequences across development and may be a key factor that underlies all forms of childhood maltreatment. This study examined the association between emotional abuse and relationship functioning among 139 low-income, African American 8-to 12-year-old children, with internalizing symptoms and social support from family, peers, and teachers tested as moderators. Emotional abuse was significantly negatively correlated with both peer and family relationship functioning. Furthermore, results revealed a pattern of specificity regarding the source of social support (e.g., teacher) and the type of relationship functioning (e.g., family) measured. Implications of these findings for working with emotionally abused children are discussed.

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Psychological maltreatment: Progress achieved

Cited by 71 publications

References 20 publications

Child emotional maltreatment: a 2-year study of US Army cases

Child emotional maltreatment: a 2-year study of US Army cases

Étude sur des facteurs de médiation entre le rejet maternel et les comportements des enfants

Children’s Emotional Abuse and Relational Functioning: Social Support and Internalizing Symptoms as Moderators

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