elderly abused either by relatives (family members or spouses), friends, or in an assisting living facility by their caretakers, nursing homes, and other facilities. the abuse can happen in any form such as physical abuse, emotional abuse and/or psychological abuse, sexual abuse or financial abuse, it sad that no one knows exactly the cause for elderly abused and/or neglect. In my opinion, anyone who choose to abused and/or neglect an older person is pure evil and criminal and should put behind…
humiliated, and verbally assaulted. According to Court (2007), emotional abuse “psychological abuse” is defined as systematic, patterned and chronic abuse that is used by a person to lower another person’s sense of self, self-worth and power. Emotional abuse is a type of abuse that is similar to brain washing someone because it wears away at the person self- confidence, sense in worth, and self-concept. Psychological abuse is a neglect that involves ignoring or withdrawing from a person emotion.…
Anger is defined as "a strong feeling of intense displeasure, hostility, or indignation as a result of a real or an imagined threat or insult, frustration, or injustice toward yourself or towards someone who’s very important to you" (Stanley 4). As a matter of fact, everyone gets angry, and it does not matter whether this anger is good or bad but what does really matter is that why people get angry and how they response to such horrible feeling. Thus, In order to know how to deal with anger as a…
Shame punishments is like double edged swords. One side of the blade is already sharp enough to kill the victim, that it is not necessary for the other. There is only need for one blade in which one can learn from and make it out in one piece. While the acts of wrongdoing are already enough, the punishments that include shaming should not be encouraged within societies. Humiliating someone is just lowering to their standards. Humiliation tears apart one’s love for themselves and kills their…
United States." (NISVS) This adds up to 10,512,000 people in a single year, and that is only calculating for the people who completed the process of filing a report. It also does not include the people affected -directly and indirectly- by financial manipulation, emotional abuse, and the countless alternate modes of domestic violence. We as a…
Is Teens actually a rebel who do stupid things or the media is portraying them as horrible people? Are they rude, cocky, self-centered, arrogant people? Why is it that media shows that teens as rebellious? Are teens nice, caring, loving and obedient? Teenagers are portrayed as stupid and rebellious in media and almost nothing about teens doing good things. It is unsure about how Teenagers such as myself actually rebellious. I think that media put a sign around our necks. I can show that we…
In this way, the abuse is more impulsive and unpredictable. However, many abusive relationships begin with a very calculated effort on the part of the abuser known as emotional grooming. Grooming is the process by which the aggressor uses manipulation to give the victim a sense of security or purpose in order to comply with the aggressor’s needs. By using tactics which appeal to the victim’s innate sense of empathy, the aggressor can be very convincing and have an irresistibly charming quality…
Have you ever wished that there was something that you could do about the increasing rate of bullying in both schools and workplaces? Well, the time to act is clearly now, based on the results found by a study conducted by the anti-bullying organisation known as eyes on bullying indicating that the most important role in preventing bullying is the bystander. This study has shown that 80% of the time, the intervention of a single bystander stops the incident within ten seconds. The actions that…
Gizella Valencia Social Psychology 112 December 10, 2015 Caregivers face various psychological distresses due to the extensive labor required in providing aid for young, elderly, ill, and disabled. Often news of an abusive caretaker or babysitter arise depicting physical abuse committed towards another who is less competent. According to the statistical data collected in 2011, 1 in 10 of the elderly, solely, were abused by a caretaker (NCEA) and the probabilities continue to increase. The…
Throughout history, women have been looked at less than and that they should be treated differently because of their gender. The respect or lack of respect a person has for a woman shows a lot into what kind of person they are. Women have gained more power in the United States and are getting treated better, but in some different places around the world women are still treated like a piece of property. Even some women in the United States are treated like a piece of property.Though women are…