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The importance of timing: The varying impact of childhood and adolescent maltreatment on multiple problem outcomes

THORNBERRY, TERENCE P., IRELAND, TIMOTHY O., SMITH, CAROLYN A.·2001·Development and Psychopathology

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A substantial body of literature suggests that childhood maltreatment is related to negative outcomes during adolescence, including delinquency, drug use, teenage pregnancy, and school failure. There has been relatively little research examining the impact that variation in the developmental stage during which the maltreatment occurs has on these relationships, however. In this paper, we reassess the impact of maltreatment on a number of adverse outcomes when developmentally specific measures of maltreatment—maltreatment that occurs only in childhood, only in adolescence, or in both childhood and adolescence—are considered. Data are drawn from the Rochester Youth Development Study, a broad-based longitudinal study of adolescent development. The analysis examines how maltreatment affects delinquency, drug use, alcohol-related problems, depressive symptoms, teen pregnancy, school dropout, and internalizing and externalizing problems during adolescence. We also examine whether the type of maltreatment experienced at various developmental stages influences the outcomes. Overall, our results suggest that adolescent and persistent maltreatment have stronger and more consistent negative consequences during adolescence than does maltreatment experienced only in childhood.

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Authors: THORNBERRY, T. P., IRELAND, T. O., & SMITH, C. A.
Affiliations: University at Albany, State University of New York (US)
Niagara University (US)
Venue: Development and Psychopathology
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published: 2001-12
Volume: 13
Issue: 4
Pages: 957-979
ISSN: 0954-5794 (ISSN-L)
1469-2198
DOI: 10.1017/s0954579401004114
OpenAlex: W2143902462
Cited by: 579
References: 0
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FWCI: 6.21
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 44 d)
Locations: Development and Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Institutes of Health (5p30hd032041-05)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA005512, 5 R01 DA05512-02)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P30 HD32041)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Child Welfare and Adoption
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords: child abuse, adolescent maltreatment, developmental stages, delinquency, adolescent drug use, alcohol-related problems, depressive symptoms, adolescent pregnancy, school dropout, internalizing problems, externalizing problems, Rochester Youth Development Study
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Age Factors, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Child, Child Abuse, Child Behavior Disorders, Depression, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, Juvenile Delinquency, Male, New York, Personality Development, Pregnancy, Pregnancy in Adolescence, Risk Factors, Student Dropouts, Substance-Related Disorders

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