Research Paper on:
Call for Identifying Child Abuse Early

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having to contend with the fear, recrimination, self loathing and depression associated with child abuse. Whether that abuse is verbal, sexual or physical, the results to the individual are the  same; the mind reacts to abuse on a higher level than the logical or reasoning mind. The emotional weight of abuse gets in the way of school and appropriate social  interactions. Child abuse can result in asocial and antisocial behaviors and has an effect on academic performance. Studies have shown that high performance in school follows individuals the rest of  their lives. Additionally, todays society highly values high academic performance for every student as a social norm. And yet, abused children are not being identified early enough. Steps must be  taken to identify young children and early adolescents who are being abused so that interventions can take place and they can receive the protections and assistance they need.  Literature Review Whitney, Renner, & Herrenkohl (2010) studied boys and girls between the ages of 6 and  11 who had been abused and found that grades suffered for both male and females at high risk for abuse and with low protection from it. Academic performance was much  better for low risk, high protection students. It was also shown that girls academic performance also suffered when parents or peers disapproved of their asocial behavior; this was not a  factor with boys. This study shows that not only did it affect academic performance for both boys and girls, girls had trouble coping when they were called by parents and  friends on their emotional responses to abuse. Dunkley, Masheb, & Grilo (2010) conducted a study to determine the association between child abuse, depression,