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Cross-cultural
differences in the definition of emotional abuse
Karen Ip,
Nadia M. Romito, M. Alexis Kennedy, & Boris B. Gorzalka
Emotional abuse has been described as the “core” issue
in child maltreatment as it is inherent in all types of child abuse and it connects the cognitive, affective and interpersonal
problems related to sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect (Brassard, Hart & Hardy, 1993). Consensus
that emotional abuse is the concept that unifies and aggravates other forms of abuse is relatively new, thus thorough explorations
of emotional abuse are lacking (Kent & Waller, 1998). Studies of emotional abuse within Asian communities
are relatively rare and information is often only tangential to a focus on physical discipline. The purpose of this study
was to compare definition of emotional abuse to a personal history of having experienced emotional abuse. Eighteen hundred
ethnically diverse undergraduates from the University of British Columbia were surveyed using the Child Abuse and Trauma
scale (Sanders and Becker-Lausen, 1995). Ethnicity proved to be a significant predictor of perceptions of emotional abuse
above and beyond the effects of having personally experienced emotional abuse. The utility of considering the ethnic context
of emotional abuse will be discussed, particularly taking into account the Asian parenting tenets of filial piety.
Cross-cultural differences
in assigning blame for sexual assault
Karen Ip, Meera Balasubramaniam,
M. Alexis Kennedy, & Boris B. Gorzalka
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