Negative Perceptions of Peer Relationships as Mechanisms in the Association Between Maltreatment Timing and the Development of Psychopathology.
Merrill Palmer Q (Wayne State Univ Press)
; 69(1)2023 Jan.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37822455
ABSTRACT
Despite findings that developmental timing of maltreatment is a critical factor in predicting subsequent outcomes, children's developmental stage is understudied in maltreatment research. Moreover, childhood maltreatment is associated with the development of maladaptive peer relationships and psychopathology, with social cognition identified as a process underlying this risk. The current study utilizes structural equation modeling to examine the impact of developmental timing of maltreatment (i.e., infancy through preschool versus elementary and middle school years) on psychopathology via negative perceptions of peer relationships. Multi-informant methods were used to assess 680 socioeconomically disadvantaged children. Results did not support differential effects of early versus later maltreatment on children's internalizing symptomatology or disruptive behavior, but indicated that chronic maltreatment, relative to episodic maltreatment, has more severe consequences for children's internalizing symptomatology. Results further support the mediating role of children's perceptions of relationships in the effect of maltreatment on negative developmental outcomes.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Health context:
1_ASSA2030
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
Merrill Palmer Q (Wayne State Univ Press)
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article