School readiness of maltreated children: Associations of timing, type, and chronicity of maltreatment

Bell, Megan F.; Bayliss, Donna M.; Glauert, Rebecca; Ohan, Jeneva L.

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.12.001

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“…Childhood maltreatment bore a positive correlation with the development of psychological symptoms during adolescence, that is, the more childhood maltreatment, the more psychological symptoms. The results coincide with those of previous findings (Badr et al, 2018;Bell et al, 2018;Hailes et al, 2019;Natsuaki et al, 2009). Likewise, the positive relationship between childhood maltreatment and NC styles was confirmed, as consistently reported in the reviewed literature (Tao et al, 2006).…”

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confidence: 92%

Linking Childhood Maltreatment and Psychological Symptoms: The Role of Social Support, Coping Styles, and Self-Esteem in Adolescents

Wang

Zhang

et al. 2020

J Interpers Violence

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Psychological symptoms are common among adolescents in China, which are associated with various negative consequences. There has been a pressing need for additional research of factors responsible for the occurrence of psychological symptoms during this developmental period, among which childhood maltreatment, personal coping style, one’s levels of social support, and self-esteem deserve our attention. The association between childhood maltreatment and psychological symptoms is evident; however, the possible mediating effect of the other three factors mentioned above remains unclear. Hence, the current study aims to investigate the possible mediating roles of social support, coping style, and self-esteem in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and the development of psychological symptoms among adolescents. An adolescent-based health survey was conducted between 2013 and 2014 in 15 schools in China. A total of 9,704 students (aged 11–19 years) were enrolled and measures on childhood maltreatment, social support, coping styles, self-esteem, and psychological symptoms were completed. It was found that childhood maltreatment was positively correlated with psychological symptoms and negative coping styles, and negatively correlated with social support, positive coping styles, and self-esteem ( p < .001). Social support, coping styles, and self-esteem mediated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and psychological symptoms. The estimated effect of childhood maltreatment on the occurrence of psychological symptoms could be explained by the mediation of social support, positive coping styles, negative coping styles, and self-esteem, whose ratio of roles came to 13.8%, 7.5%, 20.9%, and 10.3%, respectively. These findings indicate a need to promote social support, self-esteem, and positive coping styles, and decrease the level of negative coping styles, to markedly reduce the impact of psychological symptoms of childhood maltreatment among adolescents.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Linking Childhood Maltreatment and Psychological Symptoms: The Role of Social Support, Coping Styles, and Self-Esteem in Adolescents

Wang

Zhang

et al. 2020

J Interpers Violence

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“…There has been a particular focus on preschool education settings and their critical role in prevention, identification, and effect remediation for children prior to school [123]. Regardless of type, timing, and chronicity, maltreatment has a detrimental effect on both the cognitive and non-cognitive aspects of school readiness [124][125][126][127]. School readiness is a high priority because competencies at school entry are highly predictive of ongoing educational trajectories [128] and competency gaps are likely to widen, rather than close, across the school years [129].…”

Section: School-based Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Child Maltreatment and Long-Term Physical and Mental Health Outcomes: An Exploration of Biopsychosocial Determinants and Implications for Prevention

Kelly

Laurens

Haslam

et al. 2021

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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Child maltreatment rates remain unacceptably high and rates are likely to escalate as COVID-related economic problems continue. A comprehensive and evidence-building approach is needed to prevent, detect and intervene where child maltreatment occurs. This review identifies key challenges in definitions, overviews the latest data on prevalence rates, reviews risk and protective factors, and examines common long-term mental health outcomes for children who experience maltreatment. The review takes a systems approach to child maltreatment outcomes through its focus on the overall burden of disease, gene-environment interactions, neurobiological mechanisms and social ecologies linking maltreatment to mental ill-health. Five recommendations relating to the accurate measurement of trends, research on brain structures and processes, improving the reach and impact of teleservices for detecting, preventing and treating child maladjustment, community-based approaches, and building population-focused multidisciplinary alliances and think tanks are presented.

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“…However, it was also noted that fewer studies reported the effectiveness of such programmes for students with specific vulnerabilities. According to a large‐scale Australian study, maltreated children were at greater risk for poor school readiness, which called for interventions to commence prior to the start of school to mitigate early developmental difficulties and increase school success (Bell et al, 2018). In Singapore, the government is also working towards enhancing the accessibility, affordability and quality of early childhood care and education with programmes such as KidSTART (Gov.sg, 2020).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Child maltreatment and protective assets in the development of internalising and externalising problems: A study of youth offenders

Li¹,

Chu

et al. 2021

Journal of Adolescence

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Introduction: An emerging trend in child maltreatment research focuses on identifying protective assets that contribute to youth resilience. Extending the trend, this study examines not just whether but also how protective assets in various domains (e.g., the individual, family, and schools) are associated with internalising and externalising problems among youth offenders, which is a population that typically reports a high prevalence of child maltreatment experiences. Methods: This study used the baseline data of 790 youth offenders (85% male) aged between 12 and 19 years old from the EPYC project, a national longitudinal study in Singapore. Structural equation modelling was conducted to test the direct effects and interactive effects of protective assets and child maltreatment on internalising and externalising problems. Results: For direct effects, maltreated youth offenders reported higher levels of internalising and externalising problems than their non-maltreated counterparts. Higher levels of peer assets were directly related to lower levels of externalising, but not internalising problems. For interactive effects, overall protective assets, school/work assets and internal assets had signiicant buffering effects against physical/emotional abuse on externalising problems, whereas peer assets showed signiicant buffering effects against sexual abuse on internalising problems. Conclusion: An overall level of protective assets, as well as assets from speciic domains (peer, school/work, and internal assets) could provide protective effects on problematic behaviours among youth offenders. Interventions seeking to address youth internalising and externalising problems should focus on reducing child maltreatment incidence and enhancing protective assets within these domains.Child maltreatment poses a considerable risk for maladaptation across one's lifespan, including the development of internalising and externalising symptomatology (Cui & Liu, 2020). Two important assumptionsthe harmfulness and nonequivalence assumptions are usually examined in studies of child maltreatment (Vachon et al., 2015). One of the most robust theories in the ield, the

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School readiness of maltreated children: Associations of timing, type, and chronicity of maltreatment

Cited by 25 publications

References 54 publications

Linking Childhood Maltreatment and Psychological Symptoms: The Role of Social Support, Coping Styles, and Self-Esteem in Adolescents

Linking Childhood Maltreatment and Psychological Symptoms: The Role of Social Support, Coping Styles, and Self-Esteem in Adolescents

Child Maltreatment and Long-Term Physical and Mental Health Outcomes: An Exploration of Biopsychosocial Determinants and Implications for Prevention

Child maltreatment and protective assets in the development of internalising and externalising problems: A study of youth offenders

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