Deck 9: Child Neglect

Question 1

Which statement is NOT a finding mentioned in the text from the Minnesota Longitudinal Study of High Risk Parents and Child findings on physical neglect?

A)Children who were physically neglected had trouble sustaining high-quality romantic relationships.
B)Children who were physically neglected showed poor classroom adjustment.
C)Children who were physically neglected more likely to become mentally ill.
D)Children who were physically neglected had pervasive adjustment problems in elementary school.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Some states have poverty exemptions which protect parents from criminal prosecution of neglect if they are ______ to meet the child's basic needs.

A)economically unable
B)physically unable
C)fired from a job and unable
D)mentally incapable

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a form of neglect discussed in the chapter?

A)physical neglect
B)athletic neglect
C)educational neglect
D)emotional neglect

Answer 3

B

Question 4

In the NIS-4, children are classified as maltreated using two different thresholds and they are which of following?

A)harm standard and emotional detriment standard
B)harm standard and neglect standard
C)endangerment standard and neglect standard
D)harm standard and endangerment standard

Question 5

When parents are inconsistent, unresponsive, and/or insensitive to babies' cues and signals, babies learn that they cannot count on their parents for care and support.These babies tend to develop which type of attachment?

A)secure
B)anxious
C)borderline
D)fixed

Question 6

Which best describes the way that child factors play into neglect?

A)Children with disabilities, prematurity, low birth weight, and facial anomalies are the most likely to be neglected.
B)While physical and temperamental factors may play a role in neglect, these child characteristics do not alone account for maltreatment.
C)Infant irritability and fussiness may contribute to neglect.
D)Babies with physical ailments or deformities may be less easily soothed and therefore are neglected.

Question 7

Estimates of neglect prevalence range from ______ to ______.

A)772,000; 2.5 million
B)500,000; 1 million
C)2.5 million; 3 million
D)800,000; 2.5 million

Question 8

Research findings suggest that prevention and intervention efforts will be most effective if they address both ______ and ______ factors.

A)neighborhood; individual
B)family; individual
C)individual; environmental
D)family; environmental

Question 9

Despite severe maltreatment, some children escape relatively unscathed and develop into well-adjusted happy adults.The term used to describe such children is

A)resilient.
B)compliant.
C)developed.
D)truncated.

Question 10

Which statement is NOT a finding mentioned in the text from the Minnesota Longitudinal Study of High Risk Parents and Child findings on emotional neglect?

A)Children who were emotionally neglected displayed anger, noncompliance and low positive affect during problem solving tasks in toddlerhood.
B)In elementary school, emotionally neglected children had lower self-esteem.
C)Teens showed more delinquency, aggression, suicidality, and mental health disorders.
D)Female teens showed increased rates of eating disorders.

Question 11

For high-risk children experiencing adversity, which of the following is the most important factor that is likely to protect the child from adverse consequences?

A)adequate parental income
B)placement with grandparents
C)high-quality parenting
D)guardianship

Question 12

The Minnesota Longitudinal Study of High Risk Parents and Child is

A)a study of the amount of juvenile delinquency in a group of 267 children born to first-time mothers.
B)a prospective study of substance abuse among a group of 267 children born to low income women.
C)a study of physical abuse in a group of 267 children born to first-time mothers.
D)a prospective study that followed the development of a group of 267 children born to first-time mothers at high risk for maltreatment due to poverty.

Question 13

The most extreme consequences of emotional neglect are labeled ______, which usually occurs in infancy and involves failure to grow despite adequate nourishment.

A)induced failure to thrive syndrome
B)organic failure to thrive syndrome
C)failure to grow syndrome
D)nourishment rejection syndrome

Question 14

Which type of child maltreatment is the most common?

A)physical abuse
B)child sexual abuse
C)emotional abuse
D)neglect

Question 15

Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health indicate that parent who report having been neglected in childhood are ______ to report neglecting and abusing their own children.

A)at least three times as likely
B)not more likely
C)at least twice as likely
D)10% more likely

Question 16

The Minnesota study shows ______ of emotionally neglected children met criteria for two or more psychiatric disorders.

A)60%
B)54%
C)79%
D)73%

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a major environmental risk factor cited by the authors?

A)intimate partner violence
B)parental unemployment
C)inadequate social supports
D)parental education of only a high school diploma

Question 18

When risk factors pile up across multiple domains this can be thought of as ______?

A)cumulative risk
B)multiple risk
C)cooccurring risk
D)compounded risk

Question 19

______ is a part of a congressionally mandated effort to assess the incidence of child maltreatment based on reports of agency professionals who work with children and families.

A)The Neglect of Neglect Study
B)The National Child Abuse Study
C)The Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse
D)The American Child Abuse Incidence Mandate

Question 20

Kempe's landmark 1962 paper on ______ spurred a dramatic increase in public awareness of the impact of physical abuse.

A)child abuse awareness
B)battered child syndrome
C)child neglect
D)battered children deficit

Question 21

What is a cumulative risk model, and how might these models influence prevention and intervention?

Question 22

Research indicates that prevention and intervention models will be most effective if they address individual and environmental factors.Please explain what is meant by individual and environmental risk factors and give an example of a program that uses both.

Question 23

Please discuss at least two of the relevant problems surrounding definitions of neglect.How do you think these might affect prevention or intervention?

Question 24

Please discuss what is meant by "resilience," include two risk factors, and two protective factors related to child neglect in your discussion.

Question 25

Discuss the findings of The Minnesota Longitudinal Study and Risk and Adaptation.Be sure to include findings about emotional and physical neglect.