The Developmental Impact of Different Forms of Child Abuse and Neglect

Trickett, Penelope K.; McBride‐Chang, Catherine

doi:10.1006/drev.1995.1012

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“…Social functioning does not seem to explain results. On the one hand, our results seem to confirm several studies, which found that early adversities have long-term effects on the level of psychiatric problems (e.g., Keiley et al 2001;Lansford et al 2002;Trickett and McBride-Chang 1995;Tyler 2002). For example, Cederblad et al (1999), studying mainly adoptees from Korea, India, and Colombia, showed an association between duration of care in an orphanage or foster home and mental health problems.…”

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“…Furthermore, these studies investigated effects from childhood into adolescence only and did not cover adulthood. In addition, some cross-sectional studies but not others reported an influence of gender on the effect of maltreatment (Trickett and McBride-Chang 1995;Tyler 2002). To our knowledge, modification by gender has not yet been investigated within studies on the longitudinal course of psychiatric problems due to early adversities.…”

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“…Several studies have reported that children who have experienced early childhood adversities, such as abuse or neglect, are at an increased risk for psychiatric problems in childhood, adolescence or adulthood (see for reviews: Trickett and McBride-Chang 1995;Tyler 2002). However, in many of these previous studies, it is hard to determine the specific effects of maltreatment experienced early in life.…”

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Early Childhood Adversities and Trajectories of Psychiatric Problems in Adoptees: Evidence for Long Lasting Effects

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J Abnorm Child Psychol

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The aim of the present study is to investigate whether early childhood adversities determine the longitudinal course of psychiatric problems from childhood to adulthood; in particular if the impact of early maltreatment on psychopathology decreases as time passes. A sample of 1,984 international adoptees was followed (955 males and 1029 females; adopted at the mean age of 29 months). Parents provided information about abuse, neglect and number of placements prior to adoption at baseline and completed the Child Behavior Checklist or the Young Adult Behavior Checklist three times when their children were between 10 and 30 years of age. Multilevel analyses were performed to determine trajectories of psychiatric problems. Experience of early childhood adversity prior to adoption substantially increased the level of psychiatric problems, especially when maltreatment was severe. Moreover, the impact of early adversities on psychiatric problems remained markedly stable. This suggests that vulnerability of early-maltreated children persists even if they are taken out of their problematic environments and are raised in enriched circumstances.

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“…This has been demonstrated in rodents, non-human primates, and has been well described in humans who were neglected and abused as children. 2,4,94 Over the past decade, a great deal of progress has been made in the understanding of the roles of limbic and brainstem pathways in regulating the stress response. Central facilitatory and inhibitory inputs to the hypothalamic core of the HPA axis are crucial in regulating the response to stress both during development and adulthood.…”

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Neurobiology of the stress response early in life: evolution of a concept and the role of corticotropin releasing hormone

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Over the last few decades, concepts regarding the presence of hormonal and molecular responses to stress during the first postnatal weeks in the rat and the role of the neuropeptide corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) in these processes, have been evolving. CRH has been shown to contribute critically to molecular and neuroendocrine responses to stress during development. In turn the expression of this neuropeptide in both hypothalamus and amygdala is differentially modulated by single and recurrent stress, and is determined also by the type of stress (eg, psychological or physiological). A likely transcriptional regulatory factor for modulating CRH gene expression, the cAMP responsive element binding protein CREB, is phosphorylated (activated) in the developing hypothalamus within seconds of stress onset, preceding the transcription of the CRH gene and initiating the activation of stress-induced cellular and neuroendocrine cascades. Finally, early life stress may permanently modify the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis and the response to further stressful stimuli, and recent data suggest that CRH may play an integral role in the mechanisms of these long-term changes. Molecular Psychiatry (2001) 6, 647-656.

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“…Previous studies have revealed that children who have been victims of abuse and neglect have more psychosocial problems, and they function less adaptively in several areas of development than do their non abused peers [10,11,12]..Concerning physical abuse, some evidence exists that both internalizing and externalizing symptoms seem to occur among children and adolescents exposed to physical maltreatment, and that those who experience more serious physical abuse show more internalizing and externalizing behavioural problems than those who experience less serious abuse [13].…”

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Parental violence and adolescent mental health

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Larsen

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Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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Being the target of parental violent acts decreases child adjustment and increases the likelihood of mental health problems in childhood and adolescence. Our study analyses how different types of parental violence ranging from verbal threats and swearing to hitting and kicking a child, are associated with child adjustment, indicated by strengths and difficulties scale (SDQ) total problem score, internalizing and externalizing problems as well as prosocial behaviour. We also study whether girls and boys and youths in two Nordic countries respond differently to parental violence. The data consists of a large-scale community sample of 15–16-year old Finnish (n = 5,762) and Danish (n = 3,943) adolescents. The representative data of continental Finland and its Finnish and Swedish speaking ninth graders as well as representative data of Danish ninth grade pupils were collected by the Police College of Finland and in Denmark by the National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark. The results show a clear dose–response effect between parental violent behaviour and the adolescent’s problems. The more severe forms of parental violence were associated with higher levels of SDQ total difficulties and internalizing and externalizing symptoms. There was also a connection between parental violence and the deterioration of prosocial behaviour. The association was gender and nationality specific. The findings imply a high prevalence of parental violence and adverse mental health among the affected Finnish and Danish adolescents. Though the laws have been set in motion to prevent the use of parental physical violence the challenges remain in several domains of child protection, general health care, prevention and intervention

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The Developmental Impact of Different Forms of Child Abuse and Neglect

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Early Childhood Adversities and Trajectories of Psychiatric Problems in Adoptees: Evidence for Long Lasting Effects

Early Childhood Adversities and Trajectories of Psychiatric Problems in Adoptees: Evidence for Long Lasting Effects

Neurobiology of the stress response early in life: evolution of a concept and the role of corticotropin releasing hormone

Parental violence and adolescent mental health

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