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Child Maltreatment
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Child maltreatment exemplifies a toxic relational environment that poses significant risks for maladaptation across biological and psychological domains of development. Research on child maltreatment can inform developmental theory, but more importantly, it can enhance the quality of clinical, legal, and policy-making decisions for maltreated children. This chapter addresses definitional, epidemiological, and etiological aspects of child maltreatment. A developmental psychopathology perspective is directed toward the discussion of the psychological and neurobiological sequelae of child maltreatment. Implications for prevention, intervention, and social policy are discussed, and recommendations for future research are proffered.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cicchetti, D., & Toth, S. L.
- Affiliations
- Mt. Hope Family Center, Rochester, New York 14608;
- Venue
- Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2005-04-01
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 409-438
- ISSN
- 1548-5943 (ISSN-L)
- 1548-5951
- OpenAlex
- W4231823499
- Cited by
- 861
- References
- 111
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- FWCI
- 0.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annual Review of Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- 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, developmental psychopathology, maltreatment prevention, social policy
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Child, Child Abuse, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Models, Psychological, Terminology as Topic, Personality Development, Public Policy, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, United States
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