parental neglect

TOPIC PROPOSAL 2

TOPIC PROPOSAL 2

Topic Proposal

Kaytlin De Los Santos

Parental Neglect & How It Affects A Child's Mental Health

Introduction and Thesis

Childhood neglect is the inability of parents and guardians to respond to the emotional needs of their respective infants.

Thesis: Immediate emotional effects of parental neglect and abuse directly translate to long-term consequences including poor mental behavior and health and high chances of substance use disorders.

Problem Statement

“Everyone suffers some injustice in life, and what better motivation than to help others not suffer in the same way.” (Brainy Quote). It is more painful when children are suffering as a result of neglect and mistreatment from their parents.

Rationale

Child abuse has turned out to be a very serious problem across the globe. More than 1500 children in the United States die annually because of exposure to child abuse. Therefore, there is a need to study this problem in detail to save their lives.

Research Question

I. How are we going to protect all the children and safeguard their rights?

Literature Review

· Emotional neglect impacts the physiological and medical consequences of the children which later leads to brain dysfunction and eventually death.

· Child neglect results in cognitive consequences among children

· Child neglect and abuse impair the psychosocial processes of children.

Method and Design

The affected children will be required to fill out a questionnaire with closed and open-ended questions about their past relationships with parents or guardians.

Significance and Conclusion

Summary of the research pointing out its importance and recommendation strategies that can be applied to reduce the number of affected children.

References

Camilo, C., Vaz Garrido, M., & Calheiros, M. M. (2021). Recognizing children's emotions in child abuse and neglect. Aggressive behavior, 47(2), 161-172. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ab.21935

Mulder, T. M., Kuiper, K. C., van der Put, C. E., Stams, G. J. J., & Assink, M. (2018). Risk factors for child neglect: A meta-analytic review. Child abuse & neglect, 77, 198-210. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0145213418300164

Niu, L., Brown, J., Till Hoyt, L., Salandy, A., Nucci‐Sack, A., Shankar, V., ... & Diaz, A. (2021). Profiles of childhood maltreatment: associations with sexual risk behavior during adolescence in a sample of racial/ethnic minority girls. Child Development, 92(4), 1421-1438. Retrieved from https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/cdev.13498

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