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An Interdisciplinary Perspective of Constructs Underlying Parental Verbal Abuse

Esther Joos-esteban

Discipline: Psychology, Philosophy

 

Abstract:

This paper presents an overview of the philosophical and psychological constructs underlying a larger research study on parental verbal abuse. From an interdisciplinary perspective, the article explores the deep affront of parental verbal abuse to me dignity and total well-being of the child. Through definitions and taxonomies, international declarations and documents, psychological research findings, and a discussion of several foundational concepts, the phenomenon of verbal abuse is highlighted and its profound effects on child development implied.