Deck 9: Psychological Maltreatment of Children

Question 1

A father compels his child not to take too long in the bath by telling him that the "drain monster" will come up out of the drain if he stays there too long. The father's vivid description of this monster makes the child fearful of the bath at all. This might be an example of

A) corrupting
B) isolating
C) terrorizing
D) rejecting
E) none of the above

Answer 1

terrorizing

Question 2

O'Hagan would refer to the same example as

A) psychological torture
B) psychological terror
C) mental injury
D) psychological unavailability

Answer 2

psychological terror

Question 3

A clear definition of emotional/psychological abuse is complicated by

A) the fact that this country is a melting pot of cultures
B) we assume that parents never emotionally abuse
C) there is so much violence in the society
D) if we would not emotionally abuse, we assume that no one else will
E) none of the above

Answer 3

the fact that this country is a melting pot of cultures

Question 4

The __________ threaten their children with the cultural approximate of the "bogeyman"

A) Pacific Asians
B) Native Americans
C) Asians
D) Japanese
E) Russians

Question 5

Parents might emotionally abuse because

A) they are coping with issues around divorce
B) they abuse substances
C) they are really angry with a relative
D) they are mentally ill
E) all of the above

Question 6

How would you define emotional abuse? What are the categories of emotional abuse? How do children respond?

Question 7

Why might parents emotionally/psychologically abuse their children? Explain in some detail.