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Psychological Abuse Elder Abuse
754 wordsElder Abuse - The Hidden Crime web The definition of elderly abuse is the mistreatment of the elderly that is inflicted by someone else as opposed to self-neglect which is often a result of mental deterioration or other disabilities. It may consist of passive neglect, psychological abuse, financial abuse, active neglect or physical abuse. Life expectancy has increased since the turn of the century. And for many aging adults, retirement is looked forward to as a time to slow down and enjoy their ...
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Child And Adolescent Day Care
554 wordsThe American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Most child and adolescent psychiatrists recognize that the ideal environment for raising a small child is in the home with parents and family. Intimate daily direct parental care of infants for the first several months of life is particularly important. Since the ideal environment often is not available, the role of day care, especially in the first few years of the child's life, needs to be considered. Some experts recommend a minimum of s...
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Social Learning Theory Chesney Lind
2,600 wordsStudies have been conducted on what factors lead to delinquency. Proposed factors of delinquency have been studied in three major fields, biological, psychological, and sociological. This study is guided by psychological and sociological theories. The question of whether or not relationships among attachment, aggression, and delinquency exist was investigated through survey research. Attachment, aggression, and delinquent behavior were measured for college students from three universities, one a...
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Sense Of Duty Amount Of People
1,448 wordsWhat if your life was centralized around the plans and desires of another person? If every plan you made, every vacation you took was based upon someone elses wishes in conjunction with your own and what if that person was to die? What would you do? Could you survive emotionally as well as physically? These questions are asked about 800, 000 time a year to the bereaved spouses who have just lost a loved one, it happens to people of all ages but some of the people it hits hardest are the elderly....
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Eye Contact Social Contact
1,138 wordsWhy have psychologists stressed the importance of attachment behaviours in development? Many theorists agree that social contact early in a child's life is important for healthy personality development. This is the most important relationship of the child development period as it is from this that the child drives its confidence in the world. A break from this relationship is experienced as highly distressing and constitutes a considerable trauma (Schaffer 1964). Through frequent social and emot...
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Alzheimer Disease Primary Caregiver
1,583 wordsAlzheimer's Disease does not kill instantly; it destroys the individual bit by bit, tearing away at their person-hood and self-identity. Most victims suffer for 9 to 15 years after onset of the illness. It is the most common type of dementia in the United States and Canada and after age 40, the risk of developing it doubles with aging every 5. 1 years during adults' life. A form of dementia, the DSM-IV-R's (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) criteria for diagnosing dementia include: impairment i...
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Cruelty Neglect Abuse First Two Years Child
1,769 words... s in any way. The baby is effected by viral infections, obstetric complications, by protein malnutrition and by the mother's alcoholism. But these at least in the West are rare conditions. In the first three months of the pregnancy, the central nervous system "explodes" both quantitatively and qualitatively. This process is called metaplasia. It is a delicate chain of events, greatly influenced by malnutrition and other kinds of abuse. But this vulnerability does not disappear until the age ...
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Effects Of Negative Life Experiences On Individuals
1,694 wordsThis is a review of literature that covers five studies on attachment. In each study it was concluded that negative life experiences could affect an individual and possibly change the attachment style they have with their parents from infancy. The four different attachment styles are Secure, Insecure-Avoidant, Insecure-Resistant, and Insecure-Disorganized. From the studies presented it was shown that each attachment style a child had with their parents could change due to negative life experienc...
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Taking Into Consideration Chronically Ill
1,927 wordsRunning head: WRITTEN RESPONSE 3 - THE CAREGIVER STRESSORS AND COPING MECHANISMS IN PARENTING A CHILD WITH A CHRONIC MEDICAL DISORDER Written Response 3 The Caregiver Stressors and Coping Mechanisms in Parenting a Child with a Chronic Medical Disorder Written Response 3 - The Caregiver Stressors and Coping Mechanisms in Parenting a Child with a Chronic Medical Disorder Introduction According to recent statistic data, over 31 per cent of children aged 18 and less have at least one chronic disease...
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American Red Cross York Columbia University
2,753 wordsWe are an ever-changing society. We are living longer, more women are working outside the house, more children need care after school, more debilitating illnesses and there are more medical advancements to prolong life. These are exiting news and should be very happy to be living in these times. But it has its drawbacks. We are an aging society with not enough long-term care facilities to keep up with the growth. Even communities are having difficulty meeting these needs. Caregiving has become a...
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Facial Expressions Object Permanence
1,428 wordsarticles The Child Development The articles The Amazing Power of Baby Love and A Year to Cheer (written by Dr. Stanley Greenspan and Emily Abedon, respectively) advocate intense coexistence between the child and the caregiver. These articles (taken from parenting magazine) are, in essence, guidelines to be used by the parents or caregiver to ensure proper development of their child up to the second year. The article also educates the reader that every child develops at their own pace, and there ...
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Chesney Lind Juvenile Delinquency
5,300 wordsCORRELATES OF DELINQUENCY Matelina M. Aulava Chaminade University 3140 Waialae Ave. Honolulu HI 96816 Abstract Studies have been conducted on what factors lead to delinquency. Proposed factors of delinquency have been studied in three major fields, biological, psychological, and sociological. This study is guided by psychological and sociological theories. The question of whether or not relationships among attachment, aggression, and delinquency exist was investigated through survey research. At...
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Primary Caregiver Healthy Child
2,136 wordsThe Concept of Healthy Child Development Most caregivers try to be the perfect parent and aspire to raise the perfect, well-rounded child. Caregivers want a child to be healthy, caring, and responsible. Healthy child development plays a major role in how a child turns out. There are many aspects of a child s development. The different aspects include the primary caregiver, school, spiritual guidance, social environment, and the role of television, videos, and computers. All these things play an ...
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Type Of Love Physical Attraction
1,850 wordsTheories of Love What exactly does the word love mean? Webster s dictionary defines love as: A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness. This is a very basic thought of the word love. Love does not have an finite meaning. You can love in many different ways. For example I might say I love my brother, and I also might say I love my car. But do I really love ...
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Developmental Psychology Attachment Figure
2,331 wordsWhy have psychologists stressed the importance of attachment behaviours in development? Many theorists agree that social contact early in a childs life is important for healthy personality development. This is the most important relationship of the child development period as it is from this that the child drives its confidence in the world. A break from this relationship is experienced as highly distressing and constitutes a considerable trauma (Schaffer 1964). Through frequent social and emoti...
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