Linking child maltreatment history with child abuse potential: Relative roles of maltreatment types

Abstract

The independent roles of each childhood maltreatment type on child abuse potential in adults have been insufficiently explored and are inconsistent, with dissociation as one of the possible suggested mediators of intergenerational child abuse. We investigated these effects among 164 non-clinical adult parents, who filled in general questionnaires: Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAPI) and Dissociative Experience Scale (DES). Among all maltreatment types (emotional, physical and sexual abuse, emotional and physical neglect), emotional abuse was the only independent predictor in the regression model of child abuse potential. The relationship between emotional abuse history and child abuse potential was partially mediated by dissociation. The findings could speak in favor of the potentially unique detrimental role of emotional abuse in intergenerational maltreatment, with dissociation as one of the possible mechanisms.

Evidence, and replication thereof, that molecular-genetic and environmental risks for psychosis impact through an affective pathway

“…In EUGEI, CA was assessed using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire Short Form (CTQ) that consists of 28 items rated on a five-point Likert scale measuring five domains of maltreatment (emotional and physical neglect along with emotional, physical and sexual abuse) (Bernstein et al, 2003). The psychometric characteristics of the translated versions (Spanish, Turkish, Dutch and Serbian) of the CTQ have been comprehensively studied (Hernandez et al, 2013; Mitkovic-Voncina, Lecic-Tosevski, Pejovic-Milovancevic, & Popovic-Deusic, 2014; Sar, Akyuz, Kundakci, Kiziltan, & Dogan, 2004; Thombs, Bernstein, Lobbestael, & Arntz, 2009). Consistent with previous work in similar samples, CTQ score was modelled as a binary variable, calculated around the 80th percentile in the control group (Heins et al, 2011; van Dam et al, 2015; van Os et al, 2017).…”

White Noise Speech Illusions: A Trait-Dependent Risk Marker for Psychotic Disorder?

“…Childhood adversity was assessed using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire Short Form (CTQ), which consists of 28 items rated on a five-point Likert scale measuring five domains of maltreatment (emotional and physical neglect along with emotional, physical, and sexual abuse) (31). The psychometric characteristics of the translated versions (Spanish, Turkish, Dutch, and Serbian) of the CTQ have been comprehensively studied (32–35). Consistent with previous work in similar samples, CTQ score was modeled as a binary variable, calculated around the 80 th percentile of the mean score of the healthy participant group, separately for each country (36).…”