TY - JOUR
T1 - Words That Hurt: A Qualitative Study of Parental Verbal Abuse in the Philippines
AU - Loh, Jennifer
AU - Calleja, Flora
AU - Restubog, Simon Lloyd D
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - This article investigated opinions on what constitute parental abuse with interviews of 30 high school students, 30 parents, and 28 counselors. Despite increased reported cases of emotional abuses and child maltreatments in the Philippines, few empirical studies have explored the exact nature of parental verbal abuses in this country. This study is designed to address this gap in the literature. The results revealed nine categories of parental verbal abuses namely: (a) Put downs and shaming, (b) Rejection, (c) Blaming, (d) Fault Exaggerating, (e) Threat, (f) Invoking harm, (g) Regrets, (h) Unfair comparison, and (i) Negative prediction. Implications for research and practice were discussed.
AB - This article investigated opinions on what constitute parental abuse with interviews of 30 high school students, 30 parents, and 28 counselors. Despite increased reported cases of emotional abuses and child maltreatments in the Philippines, few empirical studies have explored the exact nature of parental verbal abuses in this country. This study is designed to address this gap in the literature. The results revealed nine categories of parental verbal abuses namely: (a) Put downs and shaming, (b) Rejection, (c) Blaming, (d) Fault Exaggerating, (e) Threat, (f) Invoking harm, (g) Regrets, (h) Unfair comparison, and (i) Negative prediction. Implications for research and practice were discussed.
KW - verbal abuse
KW - parents
KW - adolescent
KW - Philippines
U2 - 10.1177/0886260510383031
DO - 10.1177/0886260510383031
M3 - Article
C2 - 20956438
AN - SCOPUS:79959206826
VL - 26
SP - 2244
EP - 2263
JO - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
JF - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
SN - 0886-2605
IS - 11
ER -