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Showing 1 to 20 of 144 for “"Physical Abuse"”.
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Detection of Physical Abuse Barriers to Nurses' Detection of Physical Abuse in Adult Female Clients
… preventing Iowa registered nurses from detecting physical abuse in adult female clients were investigated. The nurses born 1940 or later were randomly selected from the state board of nursing to complete a mailed self-report questionnaire (non-experimental descriptive correlational/analytical …
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Physical Abuse During Pregnancy: A Prevalence Study
… data on the prevalence and patterns of physical abuse during, pregnancy among women residing in a small urban area of a predominantly rural North Central state. The secondary goals of the study were: (a) to assess a need to broaden current services for abused pregnant women in the …
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The nature and extent of physical abuse in Saudi Arabia homes and schools
… out on the nature, extent, and effects of child physical abuse by parents and teachers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Child abuse in KSA, in general, received little or no attention by academics or other specialists until the early 1990s and it is only over the past decade or so that the …
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Coping Strategies of Neurology Nurses who Experience Verbal and Physical Abuse from Patients and Families
… incidence, intensity, and impact of verbal and physical abuse experienced by neurology nurses from patients and families, identify current coping strategies of neurology nurses, and explore the relationships between selected demographic characteristics, high and low abuse from patients and …
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The role of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and parental misperceptions in risk for child physical abuse
Voice over IP (VoIP) is a key enabling technology for the migration of circuit-switched PSTN architectures to packet-based IP networks. However, this migration is successful only if the present problems in IP networks are addressed before deploying VoIP infrastructure on a large scale. One of the …
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The price of early abuse: Effects of sexual and physical abuse on perinatal depression and anxiety
Purpose: Childhood abuse is a major public health concern and a risk factor for poor maternal mental health. This study of 197 racially diverse, low-income women explored the associations between childhood sexual and physical abuse depression and anxiety in pregnancy, 6 weeks postpartum, and 12 …
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Childhood Emotional Abuse, Effects, and Protective Factors: Comparison of Protective Factors between Emotional and Physical Abuse
… conflict the negative effects of emotional abuse on internalizing symptomatology would attenuate. Additionally, the same protective factors were hypothesized to moderate the relationship between emotional and physical abuse and adolescent internalizing symptomatology. Two samples were used …
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The intergenerational transmission of violence? : The self-report of physical abuse in childhood among violent and non-violent offenders
… the relationship between report of childhood physical abuse and subsequent violent offending, based on the concept of intergenerational transmission of violence. The study also examined the relationship between reports of childhood physical abuse and juvenile delinquency together with an …
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The evidence is in the telling: the words of women survivors of non-physical abuse in intimate partner relationships
Woman Abuse is recognized as a serious issue that is epidemic in Canadian society; women of any ethnicity, race, education, and socio-economic status are at risk. Although non-physical abuse is harmful, in the absence of physical abuse, it is often overlooked or minimized by potential helpers. …
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Children With a Disability, Physical Abuse, Entry Into Out-of-Home Care, and Stability of Out -of -Home Placements
Chapter 4 examined how the state responds to children with a disability by way of protective interventions and whether children with a disability were more likely to enter out-of-home care compared to children without a disability. Children with a disability ages 6 to 10 were more likely to be …
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Children With a Disability, Physical Abuse, Entry Into Out-of-Home Care, and Stability of Out-of-Home Placements
Children with a disability are arguably the most vulnerable and least understood population facing Child Protective Services (CPS) today. The need to understand their unique maltreatment vulnerabilities and evaluate the effectiveness of safety interventions prompted this dissertation. Because of …
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Comparing Women In Substance Abuse Treatment Who Report Sexual And/Or Physical Abuse With Women Who Do Not Report Abuse History
… study explored whether women in substance abuse treatment who report a history of sexual and/or physical abuse have different drug use profiles than women who do not report such abuse. The data originated from a NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) study designed to evaluate the effects …
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Child Maltreatment, Behavior Problems, And Neurocognition: Main And Mediation Effects
Child maltreatment, especially physical abuse, is highly prevalent in Mainland China and has been associated with childhood behavior problems. Nevertheless, pooled relationships between three types of child maltreatment (physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect) and childhood behavior problems …
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Internalized Shame as a Moderating Variable for Inhibited Sexual Difficulties in Adult Women Resulting From Childhood Sexual Abuse
An adult female sample of childhood sexual abuse survivors (N=467) were surveyed to determine whether internalized shame moderated the effects of sexual inhibited difficulties. Other variables such as severity, duration, and frequency of sexual abuse, as well as whether physical abuse was also part …
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Effects of Family Ses, Multiple Types of Child Abuse, and Parental Attachment On Early Sexual Activity: Analysis of the National Longitudinal Study On Adolescent Health (Add Health)
… status, multiple types of early child abuse (physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect), and parental attachment on early sexual activity. Using prospective data, path analyses were conducted on the National Longitudinal study of Adolescent Health data. The study sample consisted of mainly …
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Wearables as witness : sensing and categorizing violent forces in a wearable system
The societal problem of physical abuse persists in part because of isolation and concealment. Emerging technologies have been adapted by abusers for methods of control and by victims for methods of resistance. This project examines the intimate position wearable technologies have with our bodies …
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Workplace Violence, Organizational Culture, and Registered Nurses' Incident Reporting Patterns in Acute Hospitals in California
… patients are abusive toward nurses, that the abuse is underreported to hospital administrators. Qualitative studies identified common themes for underreporting including fear of being blamed, abuse considered part of the job, and not having sufficient time to fill out a formal report. This …
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Non-Accidental Trauma: Nature of Subsequent Encounters and Related Outcomes
<p>Physical abuse results in a wide array of adverse outcomes, and victims of child abuse often require long-term, intensive care depending on the scope and severity of their trauma. The present study is an extension of a study which examined the services provided in the hospital to children with …
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Psychological Services for Pediatric Victims of Non Accidental Trauma
<p>Child abuse is a significant problem within our society. In 2010, there were approximately 1,560 fatalities as a result of child abuse; 17.6% of those deaths were the direct result of physical abuse and 80% occurred in children under the age of 4. There is a dearth of research examining severe …
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The Association of Childhood Adversities and Abuse on Marital Functioning: A Longitudinal Secondary Analysis Study
… reports of traumatic childhood experiences and physical and emotional abuse may be associated with marital functioning among long-term married, intact couples in adulthood. Specifically, using a longitudinal sample of US adults who were married to the same person across the 10 years of the study …
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