Abuse in childhood and mental disorder in adult life

Spila, Bozena; Makara, Marta; Kozak, Gustaw; Urbańska, Anna

doi:10.1002/car.1022

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“…For instance, they are more likely to suffer physical health problems in adulthood and engage in risky behaviors (Felitti et al, 1998, Widom et al, 2012) or to develop mood disorders (Kaufman et al, 2004, Fletcher, 2009, Widom et al, 2012). They are also more likely to be involved in criminal activity (Currie & Tekin, 2012), which is consistent with the observation that children with maltreatment experiences are often impaired in their prosocial and ethical behavior development (Koenig et al, 2004) and are more likely to develop psychopathology (Putnam, 2006; Spila et al, 2008; Tyrka et al, 2009; Widom et al, 2009; Clark et al, 2010). It is for these reasons that we hypothesize that maltreatment experiences influence an individual’s development of “enduring patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors” (Roberts et al, 2006, p. 1) which define personality traits.…”

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“…The psychological literature has demonstrated a significant link between maltreatment and childhood temperament problems (Perry et al, 1999) and the onset of a personality disorder (see Galaif et al, 2001, Spila et al, 2008, Tyrka et al, 2009). While personality traits are distinct from personality disorders, there is now a considerable body of research that understands personality disorders as maladaptive and/or extreme variants of the Five Factor Model personality structure (Widinger & Trull, 2007, Krueger & Eaton, 2010, Trull & Widiger, 2013).…”

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Origins of Adulthood Personality: The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences

Fletcher

Schurer

2017

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis &Amp; Policy

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We test whether adverse childhood experiences – exposure to parental maltreatment and its indirect effect on health – are associated with age 30 personality traits. We use rich longitudinal data from a large, representative cohort of young US Americans and exploit differences across siblings to control for the confounding influences of shared environmental and genetic factors. We find that maltreatment experiences are significantly and robustly associated with neuroticism, conscientiousness, and openness to experience, but not with agreeableness and extraversion. High levels of neuroticism are linked to sexual abuse and neglect; low levels of conscientiousness and openness to experience are linked to parental neglect. The associations are partially explained by the indirect effects of maltreatment on adolescence physical and mental health. Maltreatment experiences, in combination with their health effects, explain a substantial fraction of the relationship between adulthood conscientiousness and earnings or human capital. Our findings provide a possible explanation for why personality traits are important predictors of adulthood labor market outcomes.

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Origins of Adulthood Personality: The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences

Fletcher

Schurer

2017

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis &Amp; Policy

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“…It has been suggested that rather than an exaggeration in the rates, childhood traumas are more likely to be underreported [35]. In addition, participants varied in age and older participants in particular may have had more difficulty recalling childhood events [36]. The sample may not be demographically representative of the South African population with SAD and PTSD with early trauma.…”

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An Analysis of Early Developmental Trauma in Social Anxiety Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Bishop¹,

Riedl²,

Bakelaar³

et al. 2015

Holistic Perspectives on Trauma

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Background: The early contributions of childhood trauma (emotional, physical, sexual, and general) have been hypothesized to play a significant role in the development of anxiety disorders, such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and social anxiety disorder (SAD). The aim of this study was to assess childhood trauma differences between PTSD and SAD patients and healthy controls, as measured by the Early Trauma Inventory.

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“…Such multiple indicators of social exclusion suggest that the welfare of some of these young people as they grow older will remain an area of concern. For example, the mental health literature (e.g., Draper et al, 2008;Spila, Makara, Kozak, & Urbanska, 2008) tells us about the long-term impact of family separation, abuse, and other traumatic childhood experiences that are ubiquitous (family separation) or common (abuse and neglect) among children who enter the care system. Second, there is a preventative element to this research: knowing what facilitated success in adulthood, according to adult care-leavers themselves, may inform policy and practice for children in care today.…”

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Life after Growing Up in Care: Informing Policy and Practice through Research

Murray

Goddard

2014

Australian Social Work

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Existing research on the impact of growing up in care focuses upon either the care experience itself or the period of transition from care to independence. Our knowledge of outcomes largely ceases when former residents of the care system reach their early twenties. There are strong social justice reasons for extending research into the older adult lives of such young people. We know a great deal about the multiple disadvantages that such individuals face as children. But research is largely silent about their subsequent adult lives. While we must be cautious in drawing causal links to the childhood care experience as the time period since life in care extends, we know that early experiences can affect care-leavers across their life course-just as childhood experience affects all adults in a variety of ways. In this review, we highlight evidence drawn from research in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, and the United States, with particular attention paid to the first two of those countries. We use a wide range of sources and identify areas for further consideration, including access to personal records, mental health, education, and parenting. By doing so, we seek to open up this area for further research with the hope that such research will lead to an increasing recognition of care-leavers' needs and thus to improvements in social policy and service provision.

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Abuse in childhood and mental disorder in adult life

Cited by 18 publications

References 15 publications

Origins of Adulthood Personality: The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences

Origins of Adulthood Personality: The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences

An Analysis of Early Developmental Trauma in Social Anxiety Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Life after Growing Up in Care: Informing Policy and Practice through Research

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