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abuse. More specific examples include placing a child in a situation that can result in physical injury, negatively impact a child's growth, development, or functioning. Failing to provide a child food, clothing, or shelter are also examples of abuse/neglect. Children who face neglect can experience depression, anxiety, stunted brain growth, and self-abusive behavior. They have difficulty forming and keeping friendships.
Physical abuse can be referred to as bodily injury, pain, or impairment. Parents can abuse their children physically by hitting, beating, pushing, shoving, shaking, slapping, kicking, pinching, and burning. Children who experience physical abuse can be referred to unusually aggressive, destructive behavior, and shy.
The image on the right shows the percentages of the child abuse cases
reported in 2012 for the U.S. The highest category for reported cases was for children ages 4-7 years and the lowest category after the unknown was adolescents 16-17 years old.
CONCLUSIONS:
This research discusses the types and effects of child abuse and how abuse can impact a child’s life. It might not happen to your children, but child abuse happens almost everyday to the children around you and can also affect people who may not directly experience child abuse as well. As a society, we should be aware of the different forms of abuse that negatively affect children’s lives so we can better understand how to address this issue.
DISCUSSION:
This research seeks to inform individuals about child abuse and its effects. Future research endeavors will look into scholarship on the characteristics and effects of neglect. Since a lot of abuse cases go unreported, future research on child abuse should explore how to get more accurate counts. In order to fully understand who is affected by child abuse, additional research focusing on the demographics of those affected is needed. For example, what is the breakdown by age, region, race and ethnicity.
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