Childhood Emotional Abuse, Effects, and Protective Factors: Comparison of Protective Factors between Emotional and Physical Abuse

dc.contributor.authorPapafratzeskakou, Eirinien
dc.contributor.committeechairKim-Spoon, Jungmeenen
dc.contributor.committeememberDunsmore, Julie C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHoffman, Kurt A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberScarpa, Angelaen
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:11:03Zen
dc.date.adate2011-06-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:11:03Zen
dc.date.issued2011-04-29en
dc.date.rdate2011-06-07en
dc.date.sdate2011-05-13en
dc.description.abstractAlthough emotional maltreatment is clearly a very important issue that impedes youths' development, it has only recently begun to receive the attention it deserves. The present study hypothesized that for adolescents with high self-worth, high religiosity, high parent and peer support, high family cohesion, and low family 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 in order to test the aforementioned hypotheses: 1) a whole sample that consisted of adolescents with no or any emotional and physical abuse (N = 220) and 2) a no physical abuse sample that consisted of adolescents with no or any emotional abuse (N = 118). In order to assess the study variables the following measures were used: Conflict Tactics Scale-PC, Self-Perception Profile, Youth Religiosity Scale, Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment, Family Environment Scale, and Youth Self Report. None of the study's hypotheses were supported by the current data. It is assumed that this might be due to the sample's nature and it is suggested that future studies utilize a sample with different age groups and with higher reports (means) of emotional and physical abuse. However, the findings suggested that emotional abuse had a stronger effect on internalizing symptomatology than physical abuse, and the significant main effects of self-worth, parent support, peer support, and family cohesion indicated the importance of their presence in adolescents' psychological adjustment.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-05132011-133002en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05132011-133002/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/37804en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartPapafratzeskakou_E_April29__2011.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectemotional abuseen
dc.subjectyouthsen
dc.subjectpsychopathologyen
dc.subjectprotective factorsen
dc.titleChildhood Emotional Abuse, Effects, and Protective Factors: Comparison of Protective Factors between Emotional and Physical Abuseen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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