Browsing by Subject "emotionaalinen kaltoinkohtelu"

Aims. Childhood emotional abuse is a form of maltreatment, which has only slowly received the recognition it deserves in the research literature compared to physical forms of abuse. However, according to some studies, childhood emotional maltreatment might predict even more severe health consequences to a child. So far, emotional abuse in childhood has been linked to a greater risk of psychopathology, such as depression and anxiety. The aim of this bachelor’s thesis was to examine childhood emotional maltreatment as a phenomenon and to explore its psychological consequences to child’s wellbeing and development. A better understanding of childhood emotional abuse can help to recognize, prevent, and cut off parent’s dangerous, but mostly unconscious habits. Methods. Literature search was carried out in PubMed-database in November 2020, using combination of keywords such as “child” or “parental”, “emotional maltreatment” or “psychological maltreatment” and “consequences” or “effect”. Publication date was limited so that only studies that were published in 2010 or later were counted in. In addition, sources of the chosen articles were manually examined, and some of the literature was chosen from there. Ultimately, the chosen literature consisted of 9 articles according to their relevance, publication date and quality. Results and conclusions. Studies reported that childhood emotional abuse predicted later symptoms of depression and anxiety. Children, who had experienced emotional maltreatment in their homes, had weaker self-esteem and resilience in comparison to peers. In addition, they had difficulties in emotion regulation. Preliminary results also suggested to a higher risk in disordered eating, posttraumatic stress disorder and some personality disorders. Findings indicate that emotional maltreatment is a severe form of abuse, which should be taken more seriously in future studies.The risk of emotional abuse has increased during the Covid-19 and lockdown, so further research on the topic and new intervention methods are needed considerably.