Learned helplessness

What is elderly abuse? Elderly abuse occurs when physical,emotional, financial, sexual, or psychological abuse is perpetrated on an elderly individual. As each year falters to an end at least four million elderly American will have experienced some form of abuse (American). Who commits these crimes? Why do they commit them? Do they have long lasting effects? Where is this abuse most likely to occur? All of these questions must be understood to begin the processes of preventing elderly abuse.…

One of the federal agencies in the United States that track suicide rates, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), defines suicide as “death from injury, poisoning, or suffocation where injury was self-inflicted and that the decedent intended to kill himself/herself”. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), suicide is the second leading cause of death worldwide among people ages 14 to 44 (World Health Organization,2002). Statistics indicate that one person dies of it…

(265 DeSpelder). Rage is expressed through the words stated in the example, which is a result of the built-up anger within. In likeness, What Can I Say describes anger as a “release of pent-up feelings such as resentment, frustration, hatred, and helplessness” (48 Fox). A variety of feelings are suppressed then eventually angrily released at once. Avoid judging and respond by continuing to show love and care because it is the only way you can…

and his heart beats with its elegant grace Blending with the orange sky, the daisies, and orange freesias They erased the pain, replaced it, gave a temporary amnesia ***** Over the other the other side of the flat land, they stood Singing the helplessness and fear out the best they could Yet never the less passionate, hopeful, and flawless Between them Sann, with soft voice and eyes honest His friends, him often escaped the village to the woods From their duties, their parent, and the eternal…

threatening to beat his son, Laurie, with a belt. This malicious character is driven by the death of his own once abusive father. As a child Calvin and his brothers were also abused by their spiteful father just as the generations before had been. Kate learned of this wretched past when she was…

Giovanni's Room was a novel far before it's time due to its narrative of a man scrutinizing his identity as a homosexual in a time where homosexuality was contempt. This is proven by David’s hunger for a heteronormative relationship, his feeling of helplessness in his decisions, and his lack of a “sense of belonging”. David is searching for his identity through his homosexuality. He bemoans…

physical abuse, occurs in three distinct phases. These three phases, tension-building, acute battering, and contrition, define the “cycle of abuse” suffered by the female victim. (Costanzo & Krauss, 2015) This cycle of abuse typically leads to learned helplessness, the point in which a victim “becomes resigned to their suffering and fail to resist or leave their abuser”. (Costanzo & Krauss, 2015) Women suffering from battered woman syndrome typically display certain submissive characteristics as…

The effects of empowerment have become an overwhelming focus, as the need for this skill gained attention for social workers, as well as for many other professions. What is it about empowerment that is drawing so much attention? There are many attributing factors, but the main one is the change of approach that empowerment brings about. Empowerment is vital for social work because of the positive effects it has on clients, as well as workers. Bartram et al. showed how this both benefits the…

In “Under The Influence,” Scott Russell Sanders, an American novelist, essayist, and teacher at Indiana University, talks about his life with his alcoholic father and how it affected him and still affects him to this day. He grew up watching his father battle with alcoholism. He experienced how his father was with alcohol and how he pushed away all the people who tried to help him. As an adult, he is wary of alcohol and developed depression due to struggles he had as a child. Even though his…

“But Their Ugliness Was Unique”: An African American Literary Examination of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye Does being ugly refer to the physical aspects of a person, the way they think, the color of their skin, or the way in which one is raised? Toni Morrison, an African American novelist, originally named Chloe Anthony Wofford, interprets and examines the “black experience” throughout her many novels (http://www.britannica.com/Toni-Morrison). The Bluest Eye, being one of them, is a remarkable…