Risk and Consequences of Child Abuse in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Abstract

Awareness about child physical and emotional abuse –as well as sexual abuse- is increasing day by day. It is stated that the physical or emotional harm given to a child can result in serious psychological problems both in short and long terms. In addition to this, it is known that, the traditional discipline styles, especially applied in developing countries, can be physically and emotionally harmful and sometimes abusive. The stress level of the parent determines the parent’s choice of discipline style and psychopathologies such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder seem to be riskfull for physical and emotional abuse because they increase the stress level of parents. This paper will review the literature related to the probability of exposure to physically or emotionally abusive discipline styles for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and also the literarture related to the consequences of these abusive discipline styles on these children.

 

Keywords

• Child abuse, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, risk

Dikkat Eksikliği Hiperaktivite Bozukluğunda Risk ve Sonuçları Açısından Çocuk İstismarına Bir Bakış

Abstract

Çocuğa karşı yapılan cinsel istismara yönelik ilginin yanında, duygusal ve fiziksel istismarın önemiyle de ilgili farkındalık gün geçtikçe artmaktadır. Çocuğa verilen duygusal ve fiziksel zararın hem kısa dönemde hem de uzun dönemde ciddi düzeydeki psikolojik sorunlara yol açabildiği belirtilmektedir. Bununla birlikte özellikle gelişmekte olan toplumlarda kullanılan geleneksel disiplin yöntemlerinin duygusal ve fiziksel açıdan zarar verici, zaman zaman istismar niteliği taşıyan davranışları içerdiği bilinmektedir. Ebeveynin stres düzeyi disiplin yöntemleriyle ilgili seçimini belirler ve dikkat eksikliği hiperaktivite bozukluğu gibi psikopatolojiler ebeveynlerin stres düzeyini arttırdığı fiziksel-duygusal istismar açısından risk oluşturmaktadır. Bu yazıda dikkat eksikliği hiperaktivite bozukluğu olan çocukların fiziksel ve duygusal istismara uğrama yönünden ne ölçüde risk altında oldukları ve sözü geçen şiddet içerikli disiplin yöntemlerinden ne yönde etkilendikleri ile ilgili yazın gözden geçirilmiş-tir.

 

Keywords

• Çocuk istismarı, dikkat eksikliği hiperaktivite bozukluğu, risk

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