Emotional Maltreatment vs Physical Abuse
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Physical abuse among children and adults is rampant in society today. Most human rights’ organizations tend to focus on the visible part and impact and forget about the unseen. Emotional maltreatment, however, has been assumed, ignoring the dire consequences that it has on the victim. The two, however, seem to be related and equally harmful. The effects tend to be interrelated while others are as a result of the other.
According to Philip N. Cohen (2015), the effects of physical abuse tend to be the primary cause of emotional maltreatment. Most of the violence and damage is family-based and goes unreported. It affects both children and adults. Children who have grown up in an environment affected by domestic violence, abuse or in neglect tend to experience the effects in their future lifetime mostly in adolescence. The results are seen in their behaviour (Woodruff and Lee, 2011). They are likely to engage in drugs and suffer from depression and even stress in their future lifetime, all effects of emotional maltreatment.
Adults who experience violence in their families tend to suffer from depression and anxiety too. This affects women (Trevillion et al. .2020) majorly. They experience complications after giving birth, postpartum depression (Kornfeld et al. 2012). Family violence, therefore, leads to mental problems amongst its victims, a form of emotional maltreatment. Therefore, as much as physical abuse is believed to be harmful, emotional abuse is more destructive as the consequences are felt not for a while but even in the future.
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Philip N. Cohen, 2015, The Family Diversity, Inequality and Social Change.