Impact of Child Abuse and Neglect on Temperament

Abstract

This study is aimed to find out an association between the abuse and negligence in childhood and temperament of the abused children in the long run of life. Research continues to document that there are long-term social, physical, and psychological effects for adults who were abused during childhood. Depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder are not uncommon for adults who were abused as children. This research is also intended to get an insight of the matter. A questionnaire will be developed and children demonstrated the signs and symptoms of depression and mental ill- being will be interviewed to confirm the hypothesized statement.

Table of Contents

Introduction4

Impacts of Childhood Abuse6

Significance of the Study8

Objective9

Hypothesis9

Literature Review9

Methodology12

Research Design12

Sample Size13

Analysis13

Ethical Consideration13

Expected Results13

References15

Impact of Child Abuse and Neglect on Temperament

Introduction

The focus on the type and extent of child abuse and neglect, in the last 3/4 decades, has been linked with a heightening interest in the impact on development of children, their wellbeing and mental health. Since the 1960s, child maltreatment is a prevalent phenomenon that has turned out to be a matter of immense political and academic concern (Finkelhor, 1996), however the issue of child maltreatment still keeps on. The number of severely debilitated children, since the NIS- 2 i.e. second National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect, has amplified 299%, while physically neglected children has risen to 102% (Sedlak and Broadhurst, 1996). Being both violation of human rights and a complex issue o f public health, child maltreatment is in a likelihood to be caused by a multitude of aspects that engross the individual, the family, and the community. Any type of maltreatment or harm is included in child abuse that is imposed upon children and teenagers in interactions among adults (or grown-up young person).

Child abuse is defined as a damaging and an unpleasant contact on a child including humiliation, disgrace, embarrassment, awkwardness and threat. Child abuse can be classified into four parts including emotional abuse, physical abuse, neglect and sexual abuse. All of the four types of child abuse are observed to be very common in the United States since the past few decades and the reasons of this are still not accurately known. The effects that abuse leaves on the child do not only harm the child in his or her childhood but they continue to grow till the adulthood of the child. The trauma, ill mental health, disorders, depression and conservative mind frame are the major effects that are left on the effected child.

The quandary of child abuse is a bit grim for our society, state, and the entire community. It is predictable that earlier than reaching the 18 years of age, one out of four female children and one out of six male children are subjected to child abuse. Unfortunately, only one out of ten children report their abuse incident to their elders or parents and others do not do so because of the shame they feel and this is the most major issue of the ...