Trauma-related predictors of deontic reasoning: A pilot study in a community sample of children

DePrince, Anne P.; Chu, Ann T.; Combs, Melody D.

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.10.006

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“…(2008) found that maltreated children attributed sadness to both positive and negative social situations, which may disrupt their abilities to successfully engage with others. DePrince et al. (2008) found that maltreated children showed errors in judgment for interpersonal reasoning situations, which may lead to inappropriate or odd social behavior and social rejection.…”

Section: Does Childhood Interpersonal Trauma Results In An Interrelatementioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding interpersonal trauma in children: Why we need a developmentally appropriate trauma diagnosis.

D’Andrea

Ford

Stolbach

et al. 2012

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

528

319

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Childhood exposure to victimization is prevalent and has been shown to contribute to significant immediate and long-term psychological distress and functional impairment. Children exposed to interpersonal victimization often meet criteria for psychiatric disorders other than posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Therefore, this article summarizes research that suggests directions for broadening current diagnostic conceptualizations for victimized children, focusing on findings regarding victimization, the prevalence of a variety of psychiatric symptoms related to affect and behavior dysregulation, disturbances of consciousness and cognition, alterations in attribution and schema, and interpersonal impairment. A wide range of symptoms is common in victimized children. As a result, in the current psychiatric nosology, multiple comorbid diagnoses are necessary-but not necessarily accurate-to describe many victimized children, potentially leading to both undertreatment and overtreatment. Related findings regarding biological correlates of childhood victimization and the treatment outcome literature are also reviewed. Recommendations for future research aimed at enhancing diagnosis and treatment of victimized children are provided.

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Section: Does Childhood Interpersonal Trauma Results In An Interrelatementioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding interpersonal trauma in children: Why we need a developmentally appropriate trauma diagnosis.

D’Andrea

Ford

Stolbach

et al. 2012

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

528

319

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“…Others have found that maltreated children with PTSD or trauma symptoms perform more poorly on memory, attention, and abstract reasoning/executive function tasks than controls (Beers and De Bellis 2002;Eisen et al 2007). Poorer performance on specific executive functioning tasks related to working memory, inhibition, auditory attention, deontic reasoning, and processing speed has also been linked closely to familial-based trauma (including physical and sexual maltreatment) and dissociation (DePrince et al 2008a(DePrince et al , b, 2009.…”

Section: Cognitive Factorsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Maltreated Youth: A Review of Contemporary Research and Thought

Kearney

Wechsler

Kaur

et al. 2009

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

145

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Youths who have been maltreated often experience symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and this special population has received increased attention from researchers. Pathways toward maladaptive effects of maltreatment and PTSD are remarkably similar and reflect specific biological diatheses and psychological vulnerabilities that produce wide-ranging self-regulation deficits. Developmental models of effects of maltreatment and of PTSD are thus increasingly intertwined and have begun to inform specialized assessment and treatment strategies for this population. This review covers key aspects of posttraumatic stress disorder in maltreated youth, including epidemiology, symptomatology, outcome, and risk factors as well as assessment and treatment strategies and challenges for these youths.

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“…Alterations have been observed in the form of poor self-concept, worthlessness and negative views of the world. Further, victims of maltreatment show deficits in what is called deontic reasoning (reasoning about duties and obligations we owe one another) which puts victims at increased risk for future victimization (139). Victims of maltreatment are also more likely to show insecure attachment, associated with diminished expectations of support as well as poor emotion regulation capacities (140).…”

Section: Psychosocial Correlates Of Exposurementioning

confidence: 99%

Childhood Maltreatment and Psychopathology: A Case for Ecophenotypic Variants as Clinically and Neurobiologically Distinct Subtypes

Teicher¹,

Samson²

2013

AJP

849

656

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Objective Childhood maltreatment increases risk for psychopathology. For some highly prevalent disorders (i.e., major depression, substance abuse, anxiety disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder) there is a substantial subset of individuals with maltreatment histories and a substantial subset without. Do those with maltreatment histories represent a clinically and biologically distinct subtype? Method The authors review literature on maltreatment as a risk factor for these disorders and on the clinical differences between individuals with and without maltreatment who share the same diagnoses. Neurobiological findings in maltreated individuals are reviewed and compared to findings reported for these disorders. Results Maltreated individuals with depressive, anxiety and substance use disorders show an earlier age of onset, greater symptom severity, more comorbidity, increased risk for suicide and poorer treatment response than non-maltreated individuals with the same diagnoses. Imaging findings associated with these disorders, such as reduced hippocampal volume and amygdala hyperreactivity are more consistently observed in maltreated individuals and may represent a maltreatment-related risk factor. Maltreated individuals also differ from others due to epigenetic modifications and genetic polymorphisms that interact with experience to increase risk for psychopathology. Conclusions Phenotypic expression of psychopathology may be strongly influenced by exposure to maltreatment leading to a constellation of ecophenotypes. While these ecophenotypes fit within conventional diagnostic boundaries, they likely represent distinct subtypes. Recognition of this distinction may be essential in determining the biological bases of these disorders. Further, treatment guidelines and algorithms may be enhanced if maltreated and non-maltreated individuals with the same diagnostic labels are differentiated.

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Trauma-related predictors of deontic reasoning: A pilot study in a community sample of children

Cited by 17 publications

References 25 publications

Understanding interpersonal trauma in children: Why we need a developmentally appropriate trauma diagnosis.

Understanding interpersonal trauma in children: Why we need a developmentally appropriate trauma diagnosis.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Maltreated Youth: A Review of Contemporary Research and Thought

Childhood Maltreatment and Psychopathology: A Case for Ecophenotypic Variants as Clinically and Neurobiologically Distinct Subtypes

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