self-neglect

Examples of self-neglect in the following topics:

• The Older Years

  • An example of self-neglect would be an elderly person who forgets to take his medication.
  • There are nearly two million cases of elder abuse and self-neglect in the U.S. every year.
  • Abuse refers to psychological/emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and caregiver neglect or financial exploitation, while self-neglect refers to behaviors that threaten the person's own health and safety.

• Differential Treatment by Age or Ageism

  • Young people are also stereotyped as being both amusing, but at the same time potentially dangerous and disturbing.It is stereotypes like these that translate into the discrimination toward young people described above, and the concerted efforts of social institutions and groups to "tame," "train," or "civilize" youthful self-expression by enforcing existing social norms.
  • There are nearly 2 million cases of elder abuse and self-neglect in the U.S. every year.
  • Abuse refers to psychological/emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, caregiver neglect or financial exploitation while self-neglect refers to behaviors that threaten the person's own health and safety.
  • And elders who suffer from self-neglect have an even higher risk (up to 5 times higher) of premature death than do elders who do not suffer from self-neglect.

• Child Abuse

  • Child abuse is the physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment, or neglect of a child.
  • Child abuse is the physical, sexual, or emotional mistreatment or neglect of a child or children.
  • Effects of child sexual abuse include guilt and self-blame, flashbacks, nightmares, insomnia, and fear of things associated with the abuse.
  • Neglect can have many long-term side effects, such as physical injuries, low self-esteem, attention disorders, violent behavior, and even death.
  • Child abuse is the physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment, or neglect of a child.

• Parenthood

  • What may be right for one family or one child may not be suitable for another, although research shows that the authoritative parenting style is extremely effective and yields self-reliant, cheerful, and friendly children.
  • Toxic Parenting: poor parenting; complete disruption of the child's ability to identify one's self and reduced self-esteem; neglecting the needs of the child and abuse is sometimes seen in this parenting style

• Continuity Theory

  • The external structure of an individual consists of relationships and social roles, and it supports the maintenance of a stable self-concept and lifestyle.
  • The theory distinguishes between normal aging and pathological aging, so it neglects older adults who suffer from chronic illness.
  • Examine the pros and cons of the continuity theory of aging, specifically in terms of how it neglects to consider social institutions or chronically ill adults

• The Social Construction of Aging

  • Japanese cultural norms suggest that caring for one's parents by putting them in an assisted living home is tantamount to neglect.
  • His most famous work, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (1959) argued that whenever individuals come into contact with other people, they will attempt to control or guide the impression that others might have of them by intentionally comporting themselves in different ways.
  • Discuss the cultural treatment of aging in the U.S. versus Japan, employing Goffman's argument in ''The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life''

• Psychological Approaches to the Self

  • In modern psychology, the earliest formulation of the self derived from the distinction between the self as "I," the subjective knower, and the self as "me," the object that is known.
  • Kohut called the pole of ambitions the narcissistic self (later called the grandiose self).
  • Jung , the Self is one of several archetypes.
  • To Jung, the Self is both the whole and the center.
  • While Jung perceived the ego to be a self-contained, off-centered, smaller circle contained within the whole, he believed that the Self was the greater circle.

• The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

  • In Japan, if a youth was to put an aging parent in an assisted living home, the behavior would be considered tantamount to neglect.
  • His most famous work, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (1959), argued that whenever individuals come into contact with other people, they will attempt to control or guide the impression that others might have of them by intentionally comporting themselves in different ways.

• Elements of Socialization

  • In adolescence, socialization is concerned with the development of overarching values and the self-image.
  • Also, much adult socialization is self-initiated and voluntary; adults can leave or terminate the process at any time if they have the proper resources (symbolic, financial, and social) to do so.
  • Arnett distinguishes between broad and narrow socialization:broad socialization is intended to promote independence, individualism, and self-expression; it is dubbed broad because this type of socialization has the potential of resulting in a broad range of outcomes
  • In all such cases (and especially in total institutions), this process is accomplished by what Goffman called "the mortification of the self," which refers to the processes whereby authority figures strip unwanted elements from the person under their care and / or control to fashion a type of self society deems acceptable or normative.
  • One of the most common methods used to illustrate the importance of socialization is to draw upon the few unfortunate cases of children who were, through neglect, misfortune, or wilful abuse, not socialized by adults while they were growing up.

• Sociological Theories of the Self

  • Sociological theories of the self attempt to explain how social processes such as socialization influence the development of the self.
  • Sociological theories of the self attempt to explain how social processes such as socialization influence the development of the self.
  • Mead presented the self and the mind in terms of a social process.
  • The "I" is self as subject; the "me" is self as object.
  • Interpret Mead's theory of self in term of the differences between "I" and "me"