Chapter 14: Promoting Pathways to Resilient Outcomes for Maltreated Children

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. One major problem with past research on resilience and maltreatment is that research has ______.

A. not studied the different outcomes underlying resilience

B. only focused on behavioral outcomes

C. focused on a very few long-term outcomes

D. only just begun to explore maltreatment

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Resilience emerges from ______.

A. a supportive environment

B. ongoing interactions between developing individuals and their environment

C. a child’s temperament

D. interactions between a maltreating parent and the larger society

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. When a child’s abuse or neglect begins when they are very young and is perpetrated by a parent or guardian, ______.

A. the child is quicker to develop resilience

B. the child develops resilience at a much later age

C. the child’s ability to form secure attachments is harmed, thus impacting the chance of resiliency

D. the child’s chances to develop resilient characteristics are not impacted

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Rates of Resilience Among Maltreated Children

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Children’s access to and ability to draw from resources, assets, and protective factors within themselves, their relationships, and their connections to other positive influences supports ______.

A. resiliency

B. mediation

C. competition

D. social development

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Rates of Resilience Among Maltreated Children

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. ______ primarily targets emotional problems among school-age children. While these emotional problems are commonly a result of harsh or violent discipline, the framework was not developed to specifically address child maltreatment.

A. Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

B. Incredible Years (IY)

C. Positive Parenting Program (Triple P)

D. Multisystemic Therapy

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Incredible Years (IY)

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Factors related to resiliency following child maltreatment include child factors, family factors, parent factors, and ______.

A. youth factors

B. maltreatment factors

C. peer and community factors

D. parent/child relationship factors

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Rates of Resilience Among Maltreated Children

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Exploring a parent’s own maltreatment history is a component of ______.

A. Alternative for Families: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT)

B. Child–Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)

C. Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

D. Parent–Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Child–Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Social competence is important because it enhances the likelihood that the maltreated child will have the ability to ______.

A. form close peer relationships

B. understand when someone is dangerous

C. keep emotions in check

D. trust their own judgment

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Characteristics of the Child That Predict Resilience

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Alex blames herself for the abuse that happened at home, so she has more negative outcomes. This is an example of ______.

A. cognitive restructuring

B. social information processing

C. social problem-solving

D. attributional style

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Characteristics of the Child That Predict Resilience

Difficulty Level: Hard

10. Which of the following is considered a protective factor within the family’s environment?

A. a weak attachment to both parents

B. a positive attributional style

C. a younger sibling

D. a supportive non-abusing parent

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Protective Factors Within the Family Environment

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Research demonstrated that strong attachment by child sexual abuse (CSA) survivors to a nonmaltreating mother predicted ______.

A. higher rates of marriage

B. lower rates of abuse in adult relationships

C. higher educational attainment

D. lower rates of social worker involvement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Protective Factors Within the Family Environment

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Which of the following statements about community protective factors is accurate?

A. If a maltreated child has a friendship network, they are less likely to develop resilience.

B. All peer relationships that a maltreated child has contribute to the child’s resiliency.

C. Social media use within a community network is associated with resiliency.

D. Children living in high crime areas with low social cohesion are less likely to be resilient.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Protective Factors Within the Broader Community Context

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. Successful treatment programs for children who have experienced maltreatment focus on ______.

A. removing the perpetrator from the home

B. the medical aspects of the harm to the child

C. reconnecting parent and child

D. factors that have been linked to positive outcomes

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: How Interventions Can Foster Resilience in Maltreated Children

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) ______.

A. is not widely used because child outcomes are too inconsistent

B. teaches skills for processing thoughts, feelings, and behaviors related to the maltreatment

C. is most effective when the child has been removed from the care of the abusive parent

D. is ineffective for children with cognitive delays

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. The difference between Alternative for Families: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT) and Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT) is that ______.

A. AF-CBT only treats the abusing parent, while TF-CBT treats the child

B. TF-CBT is focused on the child and their nonoffending family members, while AF-CBT includes the maltreating parent

C. TF-CBT is home-based and child-focused, AF-CBT is office-based and parent-focused

D. AF-CBT has been shown to reduce parent–child violence more successfully than TF-CBT

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: How Interventions Can Foster Resilience in Maltreated Children

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Child–Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) ______.

A. works best with parents and adolescents

B. is based on cognitive behavioral therapy

C. focuses on child attachment to parent

D. focuses on mixed race families

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Child–Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. What approach is the Parent–Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) based on?

A. family systems theory

B. the sociocultural family stress model

C. Infant–Parent Psychotherapy

D. social learning theory

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Parent–Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Which of the following statements about the Nurse–Family Partnership (NFP) is most accurate?

A. It is based on attachment theory, works with first-time mothers, and provides information and guidance for up to 2 years.

B. It is targeted at young families where the infant has health issues and is in need of continued medical support.

C. It is office-based and uses a medical model to address maltreatment.

D. It is targeted toward families with three or more children and works to prevent maltreatment in families with multiple risk factors.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Nurse–Family Partnership (NFP)

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. What is Incredible Years (IY)?

A. A home-based program that works with families with children from birth to 2 years old.

B. A set of school-based programs aimed at children, parents, and teachers to support child social, emotional, and behavioral development.

C. A series of programs created to decrease parent psychopathology and improve parenting.

D. A school-based program designed as a screening tool for teachers who suspect child maltreatment.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Incredible Years (IY)

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. Which treatment option for families at risk of abuse or neglect targets multiple ecological systems?

A. Incredible Years

B. Nurse–Family Partnership

C. AF-CBT

D. MST-CAN

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Multisystemic Therapy (MST)

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. What does research suggest about the effectiveness of Child–Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)?

A. It is most effective when used before children enter the education system.

B. It reduces child problematic behaviors but increases parent–child conflict.

C. It reduces child problematic behaviors and reduces maltreatment recidivism.

D. It is most effective when provided within a culturally sensitive environment.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Child–Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. What approach is Multisystemic Therapy (MST) based on?

A. socioecological framework

B. child–parent psychotherapy

C. parent–child interaction therapy

D. positive parenting program

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Multisystemic Therapy (MST)

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. What do Multisystemic Therapy and the Positive Parenting Program have in common?

A. They both use cognitive behavior therapy.

B. They both target multiple ecological systems.

C. They both emphasize developing a family safety plan.

D. They both target the source of the maltreatment rather than the victim.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Positive Parenting Program (Triple P)

Difficulty Level: Hard

24. What level of the family ecosystem is targeted by Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)?

A. the maltreating parent

B. the child

C. the community

D. the non-maltreating parent

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Difficulty Level: Easy

25. What is the Child–Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) based on?

A. multisystemic therapy

B. ecological model

C. attachment theory

D. social learning theory

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Child–Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Resilience is considered the ability to avoid negative situations.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. If a person shows resilience in one situation, they will be resilient in many situations.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. The majority of severely maltreated children show a limited ability to demonstrate resilience across a variety of domains (mental health, relationships, educational outcomes).

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Rates of Resilience Among Maltreated Children

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. The Nurse–Family Partnership (NFP) program is a home visitation program.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Nurse–Family Partnership (NFP)

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. A child’s personality (e.g., whether they are reserved, outgoing, patient) has little to no bearing on their resiliency.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Characteristics of the Child That Predict Resilience

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. If an older child experiences maltreatment, he or she is likely to have lower rates of resilience in adult romantic relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Protective Factors Within the Family Environment

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. High-quality reciprocal relationships with peers have been shown to be protective factors that increase a child’s self-esteem.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Protective Factors Within the Broader Community Context

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Community context, such as the level of crime in a neighborhood, has little impact on the resilience of a maltreated individual.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Protective Factors Within the Broader Community Context

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Attachment theory, self-efficacy theory, and an ecological model are the three primary components of the Incredible Years (IY) approach.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Nurse–Family Partnership (NFP)

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. The Positive Parenting Program targets the family, school, and wider community.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Positive Parenting Program (Triple P)

Difficulty Level: Easy

Essay

1. Why is resilience hard to achieve for maltreated children? Please provide at least four reasons.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Rates of Resilience Among Maltreated Children

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Identify and discuss factors associated with resilience in the family’s environment. Why is it important to consider family factors when studying resiliency?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Protective Factors Within the Family Environment

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Compare and contrast MST and Triple P.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Interventions Targeting Multiple Systems

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. How do peer relationships outside the family affect outcomes for maltreated children?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Protective Factors Within the Broader Community Context

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. What does research suggest about how the school system affects outcomes for maltreated children?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Protective Factors Within the Broader Community Context

Difficulty Level: Medium