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Child abuse and neglect and the development of mental disorders in the general population

COHEN, PATRICIA, BROWN, JOCELYN, SMAILES, ELIZABETH·2001·Development and Psychopathology

Abstract

Child abuse and neglect have repeatedly been shown to be risks for psychiatric and personality disorders. However, much of this evidence is based on retrospective reports of adults. In addition, little is known about the developmental course of psychopathology among those exposed to child maltreatment. In this study, we report mental disorders assessed from early childhood to adulthood in those later identified as victims of abuse or neglect by official or self-report. Findings show elevated rates of mental disorders and symptoms in each of four groups relative to the normative sample. Groups included those who had been victims of physical abuse or neglect according to official report and those who had been victims of physical or sexual abuse by self-report. As expected, the maltreated groups were quite different demographically from the community comparison sample, especially those with official reports. The group with retrospective self-reports of physical abuse differed only modestly from the comparison group on the symptom and disorder measures, while the sexually abused group showed the most consistently elevated patterns, even after controls for demographic differences were taken into account. The disorder and symptom patterns differed both by group and by age: neglect cases showed a partial remission in adulthood, while official physical abuse cases showed an increasingly consolidated pattern of antisocial and impulsive behavior.

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Authors
COHEN, P., BROWN, J., & SMAILES, E.
Affiliations
  • New York State Psychiatric Institute (US)
  • Columbia University (US)
Venue
Development and Psychopathology
Published
2001-12
Volume
13
Issue
4
Pages
981-999
ISSN
  • 0954-5794 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-2198
OpenAlex
W1927791619
Cited by
309
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FWCI
6.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Development and Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (MH-36981)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
child abuse, child neglect, mental illness, physical abuse, sexual abuse, antisocial behavior, impulsive behavior, retrospective self-report, psychiatric symptoms
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Mental Disorders, Child, Child Abuse, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, New York, Personality Assessment, Personality Development, Personality Disorders, Risk Factors, Cohort Studies, Comorbidity

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