PRIMARY AND SECONDARY VICTIMS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM

The distinction between primary and secondary victims of psychological harm

The distinction between primary and secondary victims of psychological harm

Primary Victims

Child abuse is a widespread issue of primary psychological harm that occurs in almost every cultural, ethnic, and income group. Child abuse can be physical, emotional, verbal, or a sexual maltreatment of a child. It can also be a result of negligence from parents or society. It is directly related to a child's psychological needs. The previous studies on a group of four girls and one of eight children, sexual abuse and those 18 years ago on a show that 20 children are physically abused each year. Burn or broken bones, tattoos: Physical abuse, for example has hurt a child. Child abuse or inappropriate sexual contact with the breasts, genitals or sex organs of a child is one of disclosure arises. Negligence withholding food, clothing, housing and other needs may include physical neglect, such as. Emotional neglect includes withholding love and affection or comfort. Medical malpractice occurs when a medical hold. Child abuse and the need for exactly this problem, the psychological research literature on this topic to understand here is just a question to this day. (Ammerman, 1990, p. 140-141 and Herzegovina) are unexplained injuries (bruises, burns and fractures, abdominal injuries or head) must be a sign of physical abuse.

Secondary Victim

When young kids know-how family violence they become lesser victim in that relationship and because of the trauma experienced the children become hard-hitting or passive being outcast to society. Dr. Karl Menninger once said that "what is done to a child...they will do to society." (1990) this is just the beginning of the ripple effect of domestic violence as it spreads it tentacles in to society.

As household aggression creeps through the direct family it continues its journey in to the outer centre of the family. It determinants families to either be very supportive or withdraw absolutely from the abuser, victim and children. Other family members usually do not understand or do not care to understand the dynamics of domestic violence. Communities become engaged when the abuse finds its way in the neighborhood, when policeman or crisis personnel are required to care for the hurt and apprehend are made. The Department of Children and Families become engaged to protect the young kids, after receiving reports by way of the abuse registry or regulation enforcement or health personnel. (Domestic violence, 2008).

Children become disassociated with school, mothers find coping mechanisms, usually alcohol or drugs, many fathers lose source of income or serve time in jail or prison, families are destroyed. Communities lose families who would have been productive and important member's society had the ripple effect not taken control of their lives. The ripple effect of household aggression has just as much of an impact as the pebble hurled into the calm waters. The pebble starts out in the inter-core trickling continuously out each time making a larger ripple in the water until it ...