In assessing risk factors for child abuse, a social worker would consider as most important
A. life style and marital status.
B. parent's attitudes toward discipline, family history and the child's injuries.
C. social class, substance abuse or family size.
D. family history.
B. parent's attitudes toward discipline, family history and the child's injuries.
There are no tricks in this question. The only possible correct answer is B since it includes physical signs. However, all three variables listed in response B are markers for child abuse. People who abuse children often have a consistent view of correct discipline that development for their own childhood experiences. In short, many abusive parents believe that society is wrong, rather than their methods of discipline. Many have also experienced neglect or abuse as children and have no models for less violent, more appropriate styles of child-rearing.
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