Childhood Maltreatment, Familial Violence, and Retraumatization

Lewis, Carla; Jospitre, Tania; Griffing, Sascha; Chu, Melissa; Sage, Robert; Madry, Lorraine; Primm, Beny J.

doi:10.1300/j135v06n04_03

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“…Finally, of all the types of negative childhood events assessed in this study, violence within the family was the only one found to be associated with CSR. This finding is in line with studies showing a connection between childhood exposure to family violence and posttraumatic symptoms (e.g., Lewis et al, 2006). The finding that war exposure variables were not found to be directly associated with PTSD symptoms 20 years postwar is in line with previous studies showing that the severity of trauma accounts for only a small portion of the variance in posttraumatic reactions (e.g., Harrison & Kinner, 1998).…”

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The contribution of stressful life events throughout the life cycle to combat‐induced psychopathology

Solomon

Zur-Noah

Horesh

et al. 2008

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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This study examines the contribution of prewar life events, war exposure, and postwar life events to combat-induced psychopathology among 425 Israeli War veterans from the Lebanon War. Data was collected at two time points (1983 and 2002). The sample included veterans with and without combat stress reaction (CSR). Battle intensity and subjective experience of risk in war were associated with CSR. Negative childhood life events, CSR, PTSD in 1983 and postwar negative life events were associated with PTSD in 2002. Furthermore, a path analysis revealed that CSR mediated the relation between battle intensity and PTSD in 2002. Our findings suggest that stressful life events throughout the life cycle contribute significantly to veterans' posttraumatic symptomatology, above and beyond combat exposure.

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The contribution of stressful life events throughout the life cycle to combat‐induced psychopathology

Solomon

Zur-Noah

Horesh

et al. 2008

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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“…Thus, witnessing violence may be less traumatic than being the subject of violence, whether verbal, physical, or sexual. These findings are similar to those observed in other studies that compare children who have been exposed to domestic violence with children who have been abused or neglected (Allen, 2008; Chamberland et al, 2005; Lewis et al, 2006; Linder & Collins, 2005). …”

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confidence: 90%

“…In studies with adult samples that rely on retrospective self-reports of maltreatment, a childhood history of emotional maltreatment is associated with low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, trauma symptoms, and the perpetration of or victimization from interpersonal violence (Berzenski & Yates, in press; Briere & Runtz, 1990; Crawford & Wright, 2007; Gibb, Chelminski, & Zimmerman, 2007; Dodge Reyome, in press; Dodge Reyome, Ward, & Witkiewitz, in press; Higgins & McCabe, 2000; Lewis et al, 2006; Mullen, Martin, Anderson, Romans, & Herbison, 1996; Riggs & Kaminski, this issue; Sachs-Ericsson, Verona, Joiner, & Preacher, 2006; Spertus, Yehuda, Wong, Halligan, & Seremetis, 2003; Zurbriggen, Gobin, & Freyd, in press). In many of these retrospective studies, emotional maltreatment serves as a reliable predictor of outcomes over and above the effects of physical and/or sexual abuse (Crawford & Wright, 2007; Higgins & McCabe, 2000; Sachs-Ericsson et al, 2006; Spertus et al, 2003).…”

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Emotional Maltreatment and Psychosocial Functioning in Preadolescent Youth Placed in Out-of-Home Care

Taussig

Culhane

2010

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma

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This paper examines the impact of emotional maltreatment on the psychosocial functioning of youth placed in out-of-home care as a result of maltreatment. Participants included 243 children participating in a randomized controlled trial of a preventive intervention for preadolescent youth placed in out-of-home care. This study analyzed baseline data collected pre-randomization from interviews with children and their out-of-home caregivers and data from child welfare records. Bivariate and regression analyses were used to explore the relationships between emotional maltreatment and interpersonal functioning, self-perception, mental health, and behavioral problems for the total sample and by gender. Findings suggest that subtypes of emotional maltreatment are associated with different outcomes and that males are more negatively impacted by emotional maltreatment than are females.

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“…Some factors that relate to coping and mental health may help understand the mechanisms involved in their relationships. A history of childhood abuse appears to be relevant, on the basis of a study of 102 women who were residents of domestic violence shelters (Lewis et al, 2006). The authors used the Coping Strategies Inventory -Short Form (Tobin, Holroyd, Reynolds, & Wigal, 1989) to explore four possible coping categories: problem-focused engagement, emotion-focused engagement, problem focused disengagement and emotionfocused disengagement.…”

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Non-communicable diseases among women survivors of intimate partner violence: Critical review from a chronic stress framework

Goldberg

Espelt

Porta-Casteràs

et al. 2021

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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A neurobiological framework of chronic stress proposes that the stress-response system can be functionally altered by the repeated presentation of highly stressful situations over time. These functional alterations mainly affect brain processing and include the dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and associated processes. In the present critical review, we translate these results to inform the clinical presentation of women survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). We approach IPV as a scenario of chronic stress where women are repetitively exposed to threat and coping behaviours that progressively shape their neurobiological response to stress. The changes at the central and peripheral levels in turn correlate with the phenotypes of non-communicable diseases. The reviewed studies clarify the extent of the impact of IPV on women's health in large (N>10,000) population-based designs, and provide observations on experimental neuroendocrine, immune, neurocognitive and neuroimaging research linking alterations of the stress-response system and disease. This evidence supports the prevention of violence against women as a fundamental action to reduce the prevalence of non-communicable diseases.

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Childhood Maltreatment, Familial Violence, and Retraumatization

Cited by 9 publications

References 41 publications

The contribution of stressful life events throughout the life cycle to combat‐induced psychopathology

The contribution of stressful life events throughout the life cycle to combat‐induced psychopathology

Emotional Maltreatment and Psychosocial Functioning in Preadolescent Youth Placed in Out-of-Home Care

Non-communicable diseases among women survivors of intimate partner violence: Critical review from a chronic stress framework

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