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Andeja Moore

UWRT 1104

Lecturer Jizi

28 March 2017

Annotated Bibliography

Effects of Child Abuse and Neglect for Adult Survivors, Australian Institute of Family

Studies. (2014). Web. Accessed March 26, 2017.

The article discusses the effects of various types of child abuse on the adult survivors. It

states that the multiple factors that can affect the consequences of both child abuse and

neglect. The effects range from reenacting such behaviors to self-harm. Within the

article, it also discusses the limitation of some the research collected.

My topic is about the phycological effects of child abuse. The initial intent was to just

narrow it down to only physical abuse. However, while reading I knew I needed to

expand my search. The various forms of child abuse have overlapping effects. What

intrigue me most was that child abuse can link to PTSD or various forms of narcissism.

The reliability of the article can be determined through the dates of the references in

comparison to the date of the article and now. The article was published January of 2014

which is three years old. The dates of the references range from 1997 to 2013. With

those things in consideration I still trust this information. I believe it because it does not

take a definite stand that on the effects it has stated. Also, it is evident that time has been

taken to test what has been stated. As stated above majority of the data collected are from
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research groups. The data is not always error free. The individuals who did participate in

these experiments are also participate in other clinical research groups. The web site

even said that key factors in one life such as social and economic status were not put is

not consideration on these tests.

Miller, Alice. The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self. Translated by Ruth

Ward, Basic Books, 1994, New York. Page (30-51) and (58-134).

Dr. Millers book helps the reader address ones problem without blaming oneself. That

the way ones parent(s) treated them reflected the actions of how they were raised, in a

never-ending cycle. To handle ones lack of emotion or independence

The information is relevant to my topic because it discusses the psychological effects of

child abuse. For example, if parents force their dreams on their children, the child

expresses an inability to be themselves. The more traumatic the situation, self-awareness

in the child decreases over time.

Alice Miller is psychoanalysis. She has earned her doctrine in psychology, and

sociology.

Harris, Nadine. How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime YouTube, uploaded by

TED, 17 February 2017

This video is about Harris story on how to fight back the effects of child trauma on

childrens health. In the Bayview area Dr. Harris worked as a pediatrician and saw a

repeated cases of health issue in her patients. She took it upon her herself to look further

into it: she found out that majority of her patients were experiencing childhood trauma.

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) include any potential event or situation that can

have a negative impact on a childs life: parents with mental issues or substance abuse to
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emotional, physical or sexual abuse. She found out that adversity on a child makes them

12 times more likely to have suicidal thoughts, and three times more likely to develop

lung cancer.

The information provided in this video makes me want to look deeper into ways to

alleviate child adversity in our country. Dr. Harris wants to make more practices like her

own and make others aware of the relationship between health issues and child adversity.

Dr. Harris graduated from University of California, Davis and earned her masters degree

at Harvard University. She is a member of the advisory campaign for Too Small to Fail.

This campaign is linked to the Clinton Foundation which encourages the brain

development of children from birth to the age of five. The biggest problem with this

foundation is that it has been in the cross fire of fraudulent correspondences. According

to the organizations website under Fraud Alert, the latest post, October 2015, warns

those subscribed to the foundations email system not to reply to emails about a lottery

and/ or cash prizes. I want to believe this video and Dr. Harris work.

Child Welfare Information Gateway. Long-term Consequences of Child Abuse and neglect.

Washington, DC: U.S Department of Health and Human Services, Childrens Bureau

PDF. 2013

The PDF discusses that children who have reported maltreatment can experience various

forms of physical, emotional, social and behavioral effects. In 2011, 676,569 children are

victims of child abuse and neglect. The fact explains that the long-term effects are in

response to the duration of the abuse, the age at which it occurred and the relationship

between the perpetrator and child. The child can experience brain trauma from excessive
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shaking and hard blows to the head. Poor mental health which can include depression,

anxiety and suicide attempts.

I learned from this PDF that teens who went through mistreatment are more likely to

repeat grades, participate in risky sexual behaviors and many other negative activities. I

think it provides more background information. Prevent Child Abuse America believes

indirect cost of child abuse effects ones work productivity, criminal activity and mental

illness.

Soyer, Renate. Narcissism and Achievement Motivation as Related to Three Facets of the Sales

Role: Attraction, Satisfaction and Performance. Journal of Business and Psychology, vol

14, no.2, 1998

The report discusses how narcissists gravitate toward sales positions to increase

confidence in their abilities, and materialistic goods. This pleases the narcissist because

of limited supervision which leads to a decrease in the ability for others to critic them and

deflate their ego.

From other sources, I found out the at narcissism is linked to child mistreatment. This

article is directly associated to myself. I experience grandiosity narcissism which is the

need to feel superior which is reflected in ones achievement. I also happen to work a

retail job which I do enjoy a lot because of the freedom. However, the article goes into

detail of how the narcissist would take advantage of customers for their own needs to

advance sales. I am not particularly like that because deceiving others make me feel

guilty. I find the article interesting because it focuses on the other end of the spectrum.
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The research was done in 1992 so the difference in time plays a big role. If the survey

was conducted more recently then the data would be more reliable. The participants had

to complete a 7-page questionnaire, which can lead to issues in the validity of the data

itself. In total 456 of the questioners were handed out while 206 were returned. This

seems to be very accurate since not many would actually complete the full 7-page packet.

A sample of 190 was taken from various non-profits and corporations.