Severity of maltreatment and personality pathology in adolescents of Jammu, India: A latent class approach

The distal consequences of physical and emotional neglect in emerging adults: A person-centered, multi-wave, longitudinal study

“…In CPS samples of children and adolescents (Hazen et al, 2009; Pears et al, 2008; Petrenko et al, 2012), findings suggested that neglect was usually comorbid with other abuse presentations. However, in the one person-centered approach that investigated physical and emotional neglect in a community sample, Charak and Koot (2015) identified a “neglect only” profile. The identification of distinct neglect and abuse profiles, while somewhat simplistic, is consistent with other recent conceptualizations within the trauma literature along “deprivation” and “threat” (Sheridan & McLaughlin, 2014).…”

“…For each participant, the probability of being in a given profile is estimated, and classification into one of the profiles is determined by that individual’s highest profile probability. Based on past research, we hypothesized that anywhere between 2- and 6-profile solutions would most accurately describe the different maltreatment subtypes within our sample (Charak & Koot, 2015; Hazen et al, 2009; Ford et al, 2010). To determine the superior profile solution, an iterative approach starting at 2 profiles and ending at 6 profiles was used.…”

“…Variable-centered approaches, in which the aggregate or interactive effects of experiencing multiple forms of maltreatment are examined, have shown that neglect-exposure is especially detrimental within the context of emotional (Mills et al, 2013) and physical abuse (Ney, Fung, & Wickett, 1994). However, due to issues of multicollinearity (Charak & Koot, 2015), and theoretical limitations of additive or interactive variable-centered approaches (Cohen et al, 2015), a person-centered approach may provide a more coherent examination of different maltreatment experiences. These approaches, ideally latent profile/class analyses (LPA; Ford et al, 2010), are able to empirically identify maltreatment experiences that tend to co-occur in subpopulations.…”

“…In a sample with a clinical/CPS-affiliated sample of adolescents, Hazen and colleagues (2009) identified a 3-class solution: Low maltreatment, all maltreatment subtypes except sexual abuse, and all maltreatment subtypes. Meanwhile, Charak and Koot (2015) identified a 4-class solution within a community sample of Indian adolescents: Low maltreatment, all abuse subtypes and physical neglect, emotional and physical neglect, and an abuse only profile. The current study seeks to build off of these collective findings by investigating the presence of neglect subtypes within North American emerging adults, and the psychological outcomes for this subpopulation.…”

“…Based on past research with community samples (Berzenski & Yates, 2011; Charak & Koot, 2015; Ford et al, 2010), we expected to identify anywhere between 2–6 maltreatment profiles, with at least one being defined by neglect experiences in the absence of abuse. We hypothesized that African-Americans would be overrepresented in neglect profiles, while Latino youth would be underrepresented (Mennen et al, 2010).…”