Annual of social work, Vol. 7 No. 2, 2000.
Review article
SOME SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EMOTIONAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Kristina Urbanc
Abstract
The problem of emotional abuse as a separate, independent abuse, or one that accompanies other forms of maltreatment, has become increasingly common in the last decade. The results of research and clinical practice have shown that emotional abuse can have a very severe impact on the child's future. Although the effect might be different from that caused by physical abuse, it is no less serious. Therefore, many practitioners and theoreticians focus their attention on the difficulties in defining, preventing, and locating this form of abuse. Attention is also given to manifestation and intervention in this aspect of abuse. This work will present some difficulties in defining the specific behaviours of abusers, the ways that children and young people cope with emotional abuse, and the problems of intervention in such cases.
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3731
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Publication date:
1.11.2000.
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