A nurse is working with a child whose parents have subjected him to neglect and emotional maltreatment, which primarily took the form of unavailability and general disinterest in his welfare

The nurse should expect that a child subjected to this type of maltreatment would experience problems in which of the following?
A) Emotional and intellectual domains
B) Cognition–behavioral and physical functioning
C) Behavioral and emotional areas of functioning
D) Multiple intellectual, physical, behavioral, and emotional domains


Ans: D
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Maltreated children tend to have difficulties in social, behavioral, emotional, and intellectual functioning, as well as physical growth and development.

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