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Download full textBjerke, Sherry A. – 1994
Of the 2.5 million reported cases of child abuse and neglect reported in 1990, 9 percent involved emotional abuse. However, unclear guidelines on what constitutes emotional abuse make it difficult for school nurses to intervene over suspected abuse. This paper describes the development of an instrument that defines emotional maltreatment in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Children
