The psychological abuse of latency age children: A survey

Burnett, B. B.

doi:10.1016/0145-2134(93)90019-2

Cited by 35 publications

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“…Being a male did emerge as a significant predictor of reporting tendencies in the regression equation for non-mandated reporters, a strange finding considering that females overall found the vignettes presented to be more serious than males did. Burnett (1993) found a similar pattern in that women rated emotional abuse vignettes as more serious than did men, and were more likely to label the vignettes as abusive. However, the question posed in this study was one of reporting.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 69%

“…Giovannoni and Becerra (1979) found that professionals tended to rate vignettes describing potentially abusive situations as more serious than did non-mandated reporters. Burnett (1993), focusing specifically on emotional abuse, found the two groups to be statistically equal in their ratings. However, in previous studies, this 'seriousness' factor has been shown to account for only a relatively small percentage of the variance in reporting decisions (Ashton, 2004;O'Toole et al, 1999;Zellman, 1990b), especially in emotional abuse (Carleton, 2001).…”

Section: Does the Mandate Make A Difference? Reporting Decisions In Ementioning

confidence: 93%

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Does the mandate make a difference? reporting decisions in emotional abuse

Carleton

2006

Child Abuse Review

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Mandated (N = 57) and non-mandated (N = 94) reporters were questioned as to their perceptions of the seriousness of 20 vignettes related to child emotional abuse, as well as their willingness to report the actions contained in the vignettes to child protective services. No difference was observed between mandated and non-mandated reporters on the mean number of vignettes considered reportable. In addition, several psychosocial variables, including perceptions of teasing, political viewpoint, tendencies towards diffuse responsibility, perceptions of child protective services (CPS) and attitude towards helping others, were measured. Separate regression equations for mandated and non-mandated reporters showed two different models in predicting reporting tendencies. Mandated reporters were most affected by the seriousness of the situation and their willingness to engage in prosocial behaviour, whereas non-mandated reporters were most motivated by judgements of the seriousness of the abusive situation and their faith in child protective services. Being a male was also observed to be more predictive of reporting for non-mandated reporters.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 69%

Section: Does the Mandate Make A Difference? Reporting Decisions In Ementioning

confidence: 93%

Does the mandate make a difference? reporting decisions in emotional abuse

Carleton

2006

Child Abuse Review

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“…Some studies stress that repeated exposure to instances of adverse parental acts is required before an act can be defined or included as psychologically abusive (e.g., Burnett, 1993;O'Hagan, 1993, Glaser & Prior, 1997. Others allow single instances of adverse behavior to qualify as psychological abuse (e.g., Baily & Baily, 1986) and suggest that the isolated nature of these instances should be taken into account in rating its severity (McGee & Wolfe, 1991).…”

Section: A Sustained Pattern Of Interactionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Exploring psychological abuse in childhood: I. Developing a new interview scale

Morán¹,

Bifulco²,

Ball³

et al. 2002

Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

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Definitions of psychological abuse are reviewed and a new definition proposed, operationalized as an extension of an existing measure of childhood, the Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse (CECA). This semistructured, investigator-based interview is designed for use with adults to collect retrospective accounts of childhood adverse experience. The CECA extension identifies nine subtypes of psychological abuse, with a single global severity rating. The definition is clearly differentiated from other adverse experiences with emotionally abusive elements such as parental antipathy (hostile parenting), neglect, and role reversal. Examples are given. A community-based series of 301 women were interviewed using the extended CECA to gather a range of experiences of childhood maltreatment on which to devise the new measure. Interrater reliability was satisfactory, and several features of psychological abuse were examined, including its prevalence, frequency, and the characteristics of the abused child and perpetrator. The new scale is discussed in terms of its potential use not only by researchers but also by practitioners such as clinicians and social workers in the child protection field in order to more accurately identify and assess multiples of abuse in childhood. A companion article (Bifulco, Moran, Baines, Bunn, & Stanford, 2002) examines the relationship of psychological abuse to adult major depression.

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“…To facilitate the identification of psychological maltreatment of children, a number of American authors have suggested classification systems that vary in their degree of detail (Baily & Baily, 1986;Burnett, 1993;Hart, Germain, & Brassard, 1987). These typologies are accompanied either by inclusion and exclusion criteria or by a series of examples.…”

Section: Maltreatment Of Preschoolersmentioning

confidence: 99%