“…Their academic performance tends to be poor and their cognitive development delayed. They run a higher risk of severe behavior problems, from non-compliance and temper tantrums through delinquency, violence, and other forms of anti-social behavior [17,22,23,24,25]. In contrast to physically abused children, neglected children have more serious cognitive deficits and socialization problems, and appear to display more internalizing behavior patterns as opposed to externalizing patterns [12,26,27,28].…”