Suppose that 5-year-old Randy tries to be affectionate with his mother, but she responds with coldness and she ignores him. If the mother's behavior is serious enough to be considered child maltreatment, what type of psychological abuse is this?

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Denial of emotional responsiveness is a form of psychological child maltreatment in which there is a passive withholding of affection that involves behaviors such as coldness or failing to respond to the child's attempts to communicate.

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