Research on resilience to child maltreatment: empirical considerations

Heller, Sherryl Scott; Larrieu, Julie A.; D'Imperio, Rhonda L.; Boris, Neil W.

doi:10.1016/s0145-2134(99)00007-1

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“…The findings of the current study suggest that severe trauma experiences may overpower the buffering power of social support typically observed. Frameworks that may better explain the experiences of this population are those involving an examination of trauma and resilience (Heller, Larrieu, D’Imperio, & Boris,1999; Herrenkohl, Herrenkohl, & Egolf,1994). Research has shown a strong correspondence between the number of personal and environmental risks and the likelihood of mental health or behavioral problems (Sameroff, Gutman, & Peck, 2003).…”

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Understanding Social Support’s Role in the Relationship Between Maltreatment and Depression in Youth With Foster Care Experience

2011

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This study investigated whether more complex maltreatment experiences predicted higher levels of depressive symptomatology for young adults and examined the role of social support during late adolescence in that association. Specifically, the study tested whether social support had a direct effect on depression and whether it mediated and/or moderated the relationship between self-reported maltreatment and depression in a sample of 513 youth exiting the child welfare system. Indices of maltreatment types (neglect and physical, sexual, psychological abuse) experienced during two periods (pre-care and during-care) were used in conjunction with a measure of perceived social support (reflecting support availability and social network sufficiency) in negative binomial regression models predicting depressive symptoms. Both pre- and during-care maltreatment were associated with depressive symptoms as a young adult. Social support had a direct effect on depressive symptoms as well as moderation and partial mediation effects on the relationship between maltreatment and depression. Social support’s buffering effect was stronger for those experiencing fewer types of maltreatment. This buffering effect appears to diminish as maltreatment histories become more complex.

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Understanding Social Support’s Role in the Relationship Between Maltreatment and Depression in Youth With Foster Care Experience

2011

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“…Thus, successful adaptation (i.e., “resilience”) to a stressor occurs with high frequency. The full biopsychosocial model is implicated in resilience research, suggesting that “bouncing back” from childhood trauma or other stressors requires adequate prosocial and interpersonal competencies, personality traits such as hardiness, and optimism, and positive/adaptive coping responses (Bonanno, 2004; Heller, Larrieu, D’Imperio, & Boris, 1999). More importantly, understanding of resilience in the context of CSA breaks the tradition of deficit-focused models when studying issues related to vulnerable and disadvantaged populations.…”

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Childhood sexual abuse and depression in Latino men who have sex with men: Does resilience protect against nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy?

2014

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This study tested depression as a mediator between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), an effect moderated by resilience. One-hundred and forty-nine HIV+ Latino men who have sex with men (MSM) were recruited for this study. Using a regression-based bootstrap approach, depression mediated the relationship between CSA and ART adherence, with worse adherence for participants at lowest percentiles of the resilience index. The prevalence of CSA and depression in HIV+ MSM is high and must be addressed to better prevent disease progression, reduce transmission, especially in expanding Latino populations.

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“…Past studies have also posited psychological resources as mediators in the relationship between childhood adversity and depression (Schetter & Dolbier, 2011; Scott Heller, Larrieu, D’Imperio, & Boris, 1999), yet only a few studies have provided empirical support for this hypothesis. For example, adults exposed to childhood maltreatment have lower reports of dispositional optimism (Broekhof et al, 2015), and higher reported optimism in adults exposed to childhood maltreatment is a predictor of psychological adjustment (Himelein & McElrath, 1996; Scott Heller et al, 1999).…”

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“…For example, adults exposed to childhood maltreatment have lower reports of dispositional optimism (Broekhof et al, 2015), and higher reported optimism in adults exposed to childhood maltreatment is a predictor of psychological adjustment (Himelein & McElrath, 1996; Scott Heller et al, 1999). Further, high reported mastery attenuates the association between childhood sexual abuse and depressive symptoms (King et al, 2015).…”

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Childhood maltreatment, psychological resources, and depressive symptoms in women with breast cancer

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Boyle

Irwin

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Child Abuse & Neglect

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Childhood maltreatment is associated with elevated risk for depression across the human lifespan. Identifying the pathways through which childhood maltreatment relates to depressive symptoms may elucidate intervention targets that have the potential to reduce the lifelong negative health sequelae of maltreatment exposure. In this cross-sectional study, 271 women with early-stage breast cancer were assessed after their diagnosis but before the start of adjuvant treatment (chemotherapy, radiation, endocrine therapy). Participants completed measures of childhood maltreatment exposure, psychological resources (optimism, mastery, self-esteem, mindfulness), and depressive symptoms. Using multiple mediation analyses, we examined which psychological resources uniquely mediated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and depressive symptoms. Exposure to maltreatment during childhood was robustly associated with lower psychological resources and elevated depressive symptoms. Further, lower optimism and mindfulness mediated the association between childhood maltreatment and elevated depressive symptoms. These results support existing theory that childhood maltreatment is associated with lower psychological resources, which partially explains elevated depressive symptoms in a sample of women facing breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. These findings warrant replication in populations facing other major life events and highlight the need for additional studies examining childhood maltreatment as a moderator of treatment outcomes.

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Research on resilience to child maltreatment: empirical considerations

Cited by 146 publications

References 33 publications

Understanding Social Support’s Role in the Relationship Between Maltreatment and Depression in Youth With Foster Care Experience

Understanding Social Support’s Role in the Relationship Between Maltreatment and Depression in Youth With Foster Care Experience

Childhood sexual abuse and depression in Latino men who have sex with men: Does resilience protect against nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy?

Childhood maltreatment, psychological resources, and depressive symptoms in women with breast cancer

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