One of the reasons it is difficult to study the developmental course of maltreatment is that:
a. maltreatment may be only one of several risk factors in a child's life.
b. many types of abuse are difficult to detect before a child is diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder.
c. maltreatment usually occurs before a child has sufficient coping strategies to buffer its long-term impact.
d. it is a diagnostic category that is often overused.
A
You might also like to view...
An interest in items that can be collected and organized, such as dinosaur trading cards, typically appears during which of the following age ranges?
A) Three to five years B) One to two years C) Seven to ten years D) Eleven to sixteen years
Amanda is at a team picnic with her coach and fellow soccer players. Which of the following is the best example of ingratiation?
a. Amanda tells her coach that the quinoa salad he made was delicious, even though she thinks it tasted like dirt. b. Amanda tells her coach that he might want to consider taking cooking lessons. c. Amanda tells the 10-year-old brother of one her teammates that she likes his sneakers, which she thinks look great. d. The coach tells Amanda that she is a good player but should keep practicing to improve her skills.