Profiles of Adaptation Among Child Victims of Suspected Maltreatment

Martinez-Torteya, Cecilia; Miller‐Graff, Laura E.; Howell, Kathryn H.; Figge, Caleb J.

doi:10.1080/15374416.2015.1072822

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“…Contrary to expectations, this hypothesis was not supported. These results, however, are consistent with research on older children exposed to violence, which has documented that their behavior may vary substantially across contexts (Howell et al, 2012;Martinez-Torteya, Miller-Graff, Howell, & Figge, 2015). The fact that prenatal violence exposure was not linked to peer aggression in toddlerhood demonstrates possible domain-specific resilience for these young children, suggesting that while maternal and parenting support may be an important focus of intervention to reduce aggression in the home environment, the ability of children to maintain healthy relationships with peers may be intact.…”

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Interpersonal violence during pregnancy: Enduring effects in the post-partum period and implications for the intergenerational transmission of risk

Miller‐Graff

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2018

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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Women are at greater risk of exposure to interpersonal violence during pregnancy. The influence prenatal violence has on children’s behavioral adjustment is generally understood to stem from its impact on mothers, but there is a dearth of prospective research to test these models. The current study evaluated the influence of interpersonal violence during pregnancy on children’s behavioral adjustment in toddlerhood through the mother’s mental health and parenting in infancy. Data were drawn from a longitudinal study on the transition to motherhood ( N = 682). Mothers reported on their experiences of violence during pregnancy, depression at 6 months, and their children’s behavior at 24 months. Warm, responsive behavior was coded at 8 months. Prenatal experiences of violence predicted toddlers’ aggression/defiance toward mothers through maternal depressive symptoms and parenting in infancy. There were no effects on the toddlers’ aggression toward their peers. Interpersonal violence in pregnancy was linked to aggression/defiance toward mothers in early childhood via cascading negative effects on maternal depressive symptoms and parenting.

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Interpersonal violence during pregnancy: Enduring effects in the post-partum period and implications for the intergenerational transmission of risk

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Lefever

2018

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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“…Additionally, recent research has tried to expand the literature by conceptualizing resilience as a construct with various subdomains. For example, studies have used functioning across multiple domains (e.g., emotional, behavioral, cognitive, social, life satisfaction, school) to operationalize resilience (Dubowitz et al, 2016; Martinez-Torteya et al, 2017). For the purpose of this study, resilience is defined as adaptive child functioning across multiple developmental domains (externalizing, internalizing, social, and cognitive) in the context of exposure to child maltreatment.…”

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Socio-Ecological Predictors of Resilience Development Over Time Among Youth With a History of Maltreatment

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While there is a growing body of research examining resilient development in adolescents with a history of maltreatment, it remains unclear whether youth resilient functioning changes over time and what factors predict such change. The current study aimed to identify the socio-ecological predictors of the change in resilient functioning over time among adolescents with a history of maltreatment. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were conducted with a sample of 771 adolescents drawn from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW-II). Over 18 months, 23.2% of the adolescents remained in the less resilience group, 45.4% stayed in the greater resilience group, 17.4% moved from the greater resilience group to the less resilience group, and 14.0% moved from the less resilience group to the greater resilience group. Younger age, better parent-child relationship quality, and neighborhood safety were associated with stable and continued resilient functioning over time. Conversely, child physical abuse, affiliation with deviant peers, and receipt of behavioral services were negatively associated with continued resilience. Our findings suggest that interventions that support adolescents in building positive relationships with their parents and peers may prevent a loss of resilience over time and ensure continued resilient functioning in child welfare-involved adolescents.

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“…Teaching is a high-stress profession, and many teachers are exposed to high levels of emotional distress at the workplace (Borrelli et al, 2014;Fiorilli et al, 2015;De Stasio et al, 2017;Herman et al, 2018;Chirico et al, 2019b). Teacher stress has been defined as the experience of unpleasant negative emotions such as anger, frustration, anxiety, depression, and nervousness, resulting from some aspect of work (Kyriacou, 2001).…”

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Spirituality and Prayer on Teacher Stress and Burnout in an Italian Cohort: A Pilot, Before-After Controlled Study

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Introduction: Teaching is a stressful profession that exposes workers to the risk of burnout. Techniques involving higher mental functions, such as transcendental meditation and prayer, have been used in stress and burnout prevention programs. In this study, we report the results of an experience conducted in a group of teachers of a religious institute, in which prayer was used as a technique to prevent burnout. Methods: Fifty teachers and support staff employed at a Catholic school of a Congregation of nuns volunteered for this study. They were randomized into two groups: prayer treatment (n = 25) or control group (n = 25). The treatment protocol was based on the combination of individual Christian prayer and a focus group of prayer-reflection. The participants received two 30 min training sessions a week over 2 months. Job satisfaction, well-being, and burnout symptoms (emotional exhaustion and depersonalization sub-scales) were measured at baseline and at followup (4 months) with the Italian versions of the Maslach Burnout Inventory validated for teaching and education sector, the General Health Questionnaire, and the Warr, Cook, and Wall's Job Satisfaction Scale. Results: At follow-up, a significant improvement of all outcome measures was observed. Emotional exhaustion (16.80-4.92, p < 0.001), depersonalization (3.72-0.60, p < 0.001) levels, and psychological impairment (10.08-2.04, p < 0.001) were significantly decreased, and job satisfaction (45.96-77.00, p < 0.001) was increased. The effect sizes (Glass') of the therapeutic interventions ranged from 0.53 (satisfaction level) to 2.87 (psychological health), suggesting moderate to large effects. Discussion: Prayer could be effective, no less than meditation and other spiritual or mind-body techniques, in contrasting the negative effects of occupational stress and preventing burnout among teachers and possibly other human service professionals.

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Profiles of Adaptation Among Child Victims of Suspected Maltreatment

Cited by 28 publications

References 35 publications

Interpersonal violence during pregnancy: Enduring effects in the post-partum period and implications for the intergenerational transmission of risk

Interpersonal violence during pregnancy: Enduring effects in the post-partum period and implications for the intergenerational transmission of risk

Socio-Ecological Predictors of Resilience Development Over Time Among Youth With a History of Maltreatment

Spirituality and Prayer on Teacher Stress and Burnout in an Italian Cohort: A Pilot, Before-After Controlled Study

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