Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and child witnesses to mother-assault: A summary and review

Lehmann, Peter

doi:10.1016/s0190-7409(00)00078-5

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“…Using a cumulative measure of traumatic experiences has been suggested to provide a more accurate indication of the level of stress that an individual has experienced (Lehmann, 1997;Lloyd & Turner, 2003,Yehuda, Schmeidler, Siever, Binder-Brynesn & Elkin, 1997. Seventy-nine percent of girls reported having witnessed violence at home (SD = .41).…”

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Adolescent Girls’ Offending and Health-Risking Sexual Behavior: The Predictive Role of Trauma

2006

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Several studies have highlighted high levels of risk for girls who have been exposed to traumatic experiences, but little is known about the exact relationship between traumatic experiences and problems with delinquency and health-risking sexual behavior (e.g., precipitory and/or exacerbatory roles). However, numerous short-and long-term detrimental effects have been linked to trauma, delinquency, and health-risking sexual behavior. The utility of diagnostic and experiential trauma measures in predicting the greatest risk for poor outcomes for delinquent girls was examined in this study. Results indicate that the experiential measures of trauma (cumulative and composite trauma scores) significantly predicted adolescent offending and adolescent health-risking sexual behavior, whereas the diagnostic measures of trauma (full and partial diagnostic criteria) did not. Adolescent Girls' Offending and Health-Risking Sexual Behavior: The Predictive Role of TraumaExposure to a traumatic event can result in significant psychological disturbance. Common symptoms include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), other anxiety disorders, depressive symptoms, and a variety of behavioral problems (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1998). Furthermore, untreated PTSD symptoms and trauma experiences have been associated with numerous debilitating outcomes (Mullen, Martin, Anderson, Romans, & Herbison, 1996;Neumann, Houskamp, Pollock, & Briere, 1996). Youths meeting full or partial criteria for PTSD are significantly more likely to experience serious behavioral, emotional, and health-related problems (Giaconia et al., 1995) and, when not effectively treated, tend to be at risk for experiencing similar or exacerbated problems in adulthood (Briere & Runtz, 1993;Browne & Finkelhor, 1986;Goodwin, 1988;Kendall-Tackett, Williams, & Finkelhor, 1993;Kessler, Sonnega, Bromet, Hughes, & Nelson, 1995;Kolko, 1996;Lindberg & Distad, 1985;Roesler & McKenzie, 1994;Rowan & Foy, 1993). Therefore, developing strategies for early, accurate identification of those at high risk is crucial.Research has identified a link between early childhood trauma and high rates of health-risking sexual behavior, conduct problems, and criminal offending in adolescence (Brener, McMahon,

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2006

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“…Exposure to more intense marital conflict (including physical aggression) is also related to child problems and is more upsetting than less severe conflict, and children as young as 2 years old may be sensitive to the content of conflict. A review of 34 studies of children who witnessed mother assault found that such children are an at-risk population for varying forms of post-traumatic stress disorder (Lehmann, 2000). In the studies reviewed, children were exposed to events that involved threatened or actual death, or serious injury.…”

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Child emotional maltreatment: a 2-year study of US Army cases

Jellen

McCarroll

Thayer

2001

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Objective: Reports of childhood emotional maltreatment have increased greatly over the past decade. The objective of this research was to determine the types of emotional maltreatment substantiated in a community of US Army families residing temporarily in Germany. Such a description may help to improve the understanding of how a jurisdictional body defines emotional maltreatment in day-to-day practice. Method: Data were obtained from a review of the minutes of case review committees (CRCs) for 181 cases of child emotional abuse in 1997-1998. We determined the type, number, and severity of incidents, the substantiation rate, and the situations to which children were exposed. Results: The most frequently substantiated type of incident was witnessing domestic violence, 60% of all cases. Primary emotional abuse was found in 26% of cases, while emotional abuse in conjunction with child physical abuse or child neglect was found in 14% of cases. The more severe the case, the more likely it was to be substantiated. Conclusions: Emotional maltreatment was substantiated more as a single type than in combination with other forms of maltreatment. Seeing emotional abuse as a single entity may allow clinicians to focus on a relationship or situation (such as spouse abuse) that is potentially harmful to a child. However, recognizing the emotionally abusive aspects of child physical abuse and neglect could allow an expanded treatment plan that could include treatment of the emotionally abusive behavior to

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“…Con respecto a la depresión, numerosas investigaciones han constatado la asociación entre ésta y el maltrato intrafamiliar (Deblinger, et al 1990;McLeer, et al 1988;Lehman, 1997;Sternberg et al 1993). En analogía a estos hallazgos, el presente estudio ha confirmado la existencia de sintomatología depresiva, principalmente de síntomas disfóricos.…”

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“…Cerezo (1995) y Fantuzzo y Lindquist (1989, en sus respectivos estudios hablan sobre la gran variabilidad y complejidad de las consecuencias del maltrato. Lehman (1997), empleando instrumentos específicos de medida, informó que los menores testigos de agresiones hacia sus madres y diagnosticados de TEPT, presentaban niveles significativamente más altos en ira, depresión, ansiedad y disociación, todos ellos síntomas internalizantes.…”

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Prevalencia de las alteraciones emocionales en una muestra de menores maltratados

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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and child witnesses to mother-assault: A summary and review

Cited by 70 publications

References 50 publications

Adolescent Girls’ Offending and Health-Risking Sexual Behavior: The Predictive Role of Trauma

Adolescent Girls’ Offending and Health-Risking Sexual Behavior: The Predictive Role of Trauma

Child emotional maltreatment: a 2-year study of US Army cases

Prevalencia de las alteraciones emocionales en una muestra de menores maltratados

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