Open AccessVerbal Abuse of Parents in Urban Poor Families
Author(s) -
Amran Mahmud,
Andi Agustang,
Arlin Adam,
Muhammad Obie
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of scientific research in science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2395-602X
pISSN - 2395-6011
DOI - 10.32628/ijsrst207541
Subject(s) - verbal abuse , psychology , utterance , nonverbal communication , developmental psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , suicide prevention , medicine , poison control , medical emergency , linguistics , philosophy
Terminologically, verbal abuse is a rude utterance that is said by a person without touching physically, but it makes an impact psychically to suicide risk. In this study, verbal abuse was done by the parents to male and female children. This study aims to determine the factors that cause verbal abuse in a poor family. Methodologically, this study used a qualitative approach by conducting interviews with several verbal abuse actors and victims of verbal abuse. The result showed that the factors of verbal abuse in a poor family are caused by a lack of education, low income, habits, or environment.