An experiment by C. Ruth Solomon and Francoise Serres was preformed in Quebec, Canada regarding the effects of verbal aggression on children’s school marks and self-esteem. The purpose of the entire experiment was to determine how verbal aggression negatively effects children’s self-esteem and achievements in school. This topic is an interesting experiment because the exact effects of any kind of verbal abuse in a child’s home is hard to set apart from any other kind of abuse. It is important to determine which effects are from verbal aggression and which are from any physical aggression. Verbal abuse includes yelling, threats, and degrading comments, among other things. Physical aggression is more simply any kind of physical violence or attack
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Previous studies preformed by Gross and Keller 1992 showed that children that experienced physical abuse had a lower self-esteem. The same results were shown in another study regarding the negative effects of physical abuse on children’s grade in school. The Harter Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC), a set of questions that measures self-esteem, was used to gauge the children’s self-esteem. The Children’s Perception of Parental Verbal Aggression(CPPVA), which was created for the study, was used to determined if the child was verbally abused, physically abused, or …show more content…
Each child was approximately 10 years old and ranged in sex, race, and financial situations. Children of this age were used in the experiment because at this age, children are generally able to read and understand the questions give them and are less likely to try and portray their parents in a negative way. General questions were asked about the children’s life and details about their family. The information collected showed what type of family structure the children had, number of kids in their immediate family, education of the father and mother, and the gross family income. There were five different times in which the child’s general family life information was not given. One child did not give information on their family structure, one child did not give information on their father’s education, and three children had no information on their mother’s
Previous studies preformed by Gross and Keller 1992 showed that children that experienced physical abuse had a lower self-esteem. The same results were shown in another study regarding the negative effects of physical abuse on children’s grade in school. The Harter Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC), a set of questions that measures self-esteem, was used to gauge the children’s self-esteem. The Children’s Perception of Parental Verbal Aggression(CPPVA), which was created for the study, was used to determined if the child was verbally abused, physically abused, or …show more content…
Each child was approximately 10 years old and ranged in sex, race, and financial situations. Children of this age were used in the experiment because at this age, children are generally able to read and understand the questions give them and are less likely to try and portray their parents in a negative way. General questions were asked about the children’s life and details about their family. The information collected showed what type of family structure the children had, number of kids in their immediate family, education of the father and mother, and the gross family income. There were five different times in which the child’s general family life information was not given. One child did not give information on their family structure, one child did not give information on their father’s education, and three children had no information on their mother’s