Violence In Close Relationships MCQ Questions Answers

1. During puberty, adolescents' thoughts center on _____.

2. _____ adolescents totally reject the religion in which they've grown up.

3. The final suggestion from the authors for what everyone can do to impact VMIR is ________.

4. One of the few positive outcomes in the Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association decision was __________.

5. Approximately ________ of children between the ages of 2 and 9 years report sibling violence.

6. Which of the following is NOT one of the, “Ten Myths That Perpetuate Corporal Punishment”?

7. The authors explain that spanking ___________ harmful.

8. The authors use the example of Eminem’s song Kim to highlight ____________.

9. Which of the following is NOT suggested by the authors as a means of helping?

10. The authors use the disparity between fire-fighter and social worker salaries to highlight __________________.

11. An entry-level social services case manager with a BA in social work from the University of Southern California earns around ____________.

12. _____________ error is the most immediate reason for the system’s failure in some of the most tragic and highly publicized cases.

13. Resources committed to prevention and intervention on the county level _____________.

14. The authors argue that despite declines in VMIR, women, children, and the elderly are _________________.

15. According to the National Crime Victimization Survey IPV from 1996 to 2011 _____.

16. Results from NatSCEV suggest child maltreatment within the family, sexual victimization of children, dating violence, and bullying have all ___________.

17. Official statistics suggest that the number of child abuse incidents reported to CPS has _______ over the last 25 years.

18. From a historical perspective VMIR as a social problem is __________.

19. The majority of perpetrators of elder abuse are _______________.

20. Approximately _____ of physical abuse incidents experienced by elders were reported to the police.

21. __________ refers to negative prejudicial attitudes toward and discrimination of the elderly.

22. Congress passed the ____________ in an effort to address elder abuse but without any funds to accompany the act.

23. Which program do the authors discus as showing promise as a prevention and intervention program to potentially reduce intimate violence victimization of women with disabilities?

24. __________ prevention and intervention programs appear to be more effective than programs led by authority figures.

25. ____________ is one way disabilities service providers can improve their knowledge about each other’s fields and foster collaboration.

26. The authors discuss particular barriers for people with disabilities to leave an abusive situation, which of the following are NOT discussed?

27. According to the authors _______________ studies would help to determine which people with disabilities are victimized by intimate violence, and which situations of intimate violence cause disabilities.

28. One of the risk factors that disproportionately affects people with disabilities compared to other social groups is which of the following?

29. The risk factors that put people with disabilities at risk of victimization are _____________ to the risk factors that put people without disabilities at risk for victimization.

30. Using ADA definitions, about ______ of the U.S. population has a disability.

31. _________________ are physical and/or mental conditions that manifest before age 22 (e.g., mental retardation, autism, and cerebral palsy).

32. Most research adopt definitional standards of disability specified by the ___________.

33. Which of the following is not one of the explanations the authors give for why less attention has been put on intimate abuse of people with disabilities?

34. According to the authors Batterer’s Intervention Programs ___________ work.

35. ________________ involves a practice of informal conflict mediation.

36. _________________ allow(s) prosecutors to build a case without relying on victim’s testimony.

37. ________________ require responding officers to distinguish the party who initiated the aggression from the party who likely acted as a defensive response to that aggression, and offensive injuries from defensive injuries.

38. Arrest has been shown to be an effective deterrent in which of the following subgroups?

39. According to the authors, exposure to and participation in combat along with war-related trauma __________________.

40. _________________ is the belief that one has special rights and privileges without accompanying reciprocal responsibilities.

41. ________________ suggests that children, especially boys, who witness fathers abusing their mothers are likely to abuse their own partners when they grow up.

42. Substance abuse, including alcohol abuse, ____________ IPV.

43. Men who have substance abuse (including alcohol use) are at ______________ risk for perpetrating IPV.

44. Research consistently shows that batters _______________ rates of psychopathology.

45. ___________ typically have significantly lower rates of IPV perpetration than all other minorities.

46. __________________ is the acceptance and internalization to one’s identity of negative society attitudes and beliefs about lesbians and gay men.

47. The debate between whether or not women are as violent as men has been referred to as which of the following?

48. The two most widely used dangerousness assessments are _______ and __________.

49. While there are many risk factors associated with IPV ____________________.

50. ______ and ______ are actually the most dangerous times for IPV victims.

51. ______ refers to the arrest of both partners for IPV, even though the victim may have been acting in self-defense or the abuser may have injured himself.

52. IPV screening and brief counseling for patients who screen positive are among the free preventive services mandated by the ______.

53. Which of the following is NOT one of the factors influencing the decisions IPV victims make for themselves and their children?

54. ______ is designed to help victims gain or restore their sense of personal power and control, which are severely diminished by repeated abuse.

55. Currently there are more than ______ battered women’s shelters in the United States.

56. The authors expand on a list put together by Buel (1999) outlining obstacles to leaving an abusive relationship; which of the following is NOT discussed by the authors?

57. Most IPV victims initially turn to ______ for emotional support and material assistance.

58. One study estimated the cost of intimate partner violence in the United States to be over $______.

59. It was not until ______ that a husband, John Rideout, was successfully prosecuted for raping his wife.

60. What is the reason the authors cite that estimates of IPV in gay and lesbian couples are difficult if not impossible to obtain?

61. According to Campbell and her colleagues, ______ is the most consistent demographic risk factor for IPV.

62. ______ is an ongoing pattern of domination, in which the abusive partner uses intimidation, isolation, and similar tactics to erode the freedom of the victim.

63. The national surveys discussed in this chapter estimate IPV rates for women at ______ each year.

64. In 1994 Congress passed ______, that was intended to reduce IPV as well as other forms of violence against women.

65. Of adolescents who seek help most disclose to ___________.

66. _________ and __________ teens report higher rates of victimization and perpetration.

67. Sexual assault awareness-based programs have been criticized because:

68. Studies show that sexual assault victims who receive negative or unsupportive responses from formal and informal help providers to who they disclose experience ______________.

69. The authors explain that research has shown that using behaviorally specific questions to measure sexual assault ______________.

70. Approximately ____% of rapes are acquaintance rapes.

71. Just _____ of sexual assaults are reported to police.

72. 88% of teens reported having witnessed peers being mean or cruel, on the Internet, and 15% said they have been the target of cruel messages and posts. The authors refer to this as:

73. Lenhart and colleagues (2015) reported that _____ of dating teens, aged 13–17 years reported sending flirtatious messages to someone they were romantically interested in.

74. While most youth sexual harassment/violence intervention prevention programs emphasize educating youth by providing them with accurate information on the harmfulness of certain behaviors, ______________ program discussed by the authors focuses on disseminating information using credible leaders, focuses on learned skills, and incorporates role play to practice the learned skills.

75. The notion that males are superior to females and, therefore, males should have more power, status, and privileges than females is one tenet of what researchers have termed:

76. Bullying is a significant risk factor for sexual harassment. Bullying of peers at a young age that eventually changes to aggressive homophobia and sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence is identified as _______________.

77. Findings consistently show that girls experience ____ sexual harassment than boys.

78. The CDC reports that among high school students surveyed in 2013 about _____ said they had ever had sexual intercourse.

79. National surveys indicate about ______ of 12–18-year-olds in the U.S. report some type of romantic or dating experience.

80. Interventions for psychologically maltreating parents, particularly those who emotionally neglect their children are based on _____________ theory.

81. Binggeli and colleagues (2001) recommend treatment interventions that focus on three domains that correspond to negative outcomes associated with child psychological maltreatment including which of the following?

82. Lower-income families are consistently ______________.

83. The sex distributions of reported cases indicate that females are _____ as likely to be reported as perpetrators of emotional neglect compared to males.

84. The first National Family Violence Survey using the Conflict Tactics Scale found that _______.

85. Child psychological maltreatment is the _________ common form of reported and substantiated maltreatment.

86. While many saw Nicholas v. Scoppetta as a victory for women’s rights, child protection authorities argued that _____________.

87. One reason the authors discussed as to why mandated reporting with regard to children’s exposure to IPV puts victims in a difficult position is that:

88. As the authors discuss, in one review of recent studies, child maltreatment was shown to co-occur with intimate partner violence in as many as ______ of families.

89. Which of the following is NOT one of the six categories of parental behavior that constitute child psychological maltreatment according to the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s revised guidelines?

90. The authors explain that newer models outlining the subtypes of child psychological maltreatment include a suggested ninth subtype which is:

91. The advantage of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) definition of child psychological maltreatment is that _____________.

92. The primary factors that distinguish child psychological maltreatment from nonabusive dysfunctional parenting are that patterns of child psychological maltreatment are _____________.

93. Which of the following is NOT a reason cited by the authors that it is problematic to include child outcomes in the definition of child psychological maltreatment?

94. One reason psychological child maltreatment has received less attention than other forms of child maltreatment is because _______________.

95. Which of the following statements best describes the current state of child neglect prevention and intervention strategies?

96. Which of the following statements best describes the definitional issues related to child neglect?

97. What is the purpose of safe-haven laws?

98. Which of the following is NOT a goal of the Nurse-Family Partnership program?

99. On average, children spend ______ in out-of-home placement.

100. Out-of-home care placements discussed by the authors typically include which of the following kinds of placements?