Student: Paige Liptai
Advisor: Dr. Renae McNair
This study seeks to explore the relationship between emotional parental child abuse within the home environment and its impact on interpersonal relationships in children aged 7 to 12. Emotional child abuse inflicted on children by parents can include things such as insults, belittling words or actions, and neglect (withholding physical affection). We will gather participants and they will undergo assessment via social-behavioral skills and interpersonal relationship questionnaire, designed to measure the quality of interpersonal relationships with peers. We expect to find that the emotional abuse inflicted by parents on children will negatively impact children’s interpersonal relationships with peers. Anticipated outcomes suggest that emotional child abuse has a significantly high correlation with negative interpersonal relationships.
Keywords: development, social development, child abuse, child neglect, young adults, social development, interpersonal relationships, relationships