The association between early reports to Child Protective Services and developmental trajectories through middle childhood.
Child Abuse Negl
; 122: 105303, 2021 12.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Longitudinal studies on resilience among children who have experienced maltreatment indicate that resilience is multi-dimensional. However, most research consolidates diverse developmental domains comprising resilience into a single score, which does not allow for detection of potentially heterogeneous associations between risk factors and outcomes of resilience processes.OBJECTIVE:
This study seeks to improve our understanding of the association between early child maltreatment and development through middle childhood (6-12 years) using individual domains considered to be outcomes of resilience processes. PARTICIPANTS ANDSETTING:
Participants are 499 children from the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect.METHODS:
We used latent growth curve models to explore patterns of socialization and daily living skills, and internalizing and externalizing behaviors - outcomes of resilience processes - across three time points in middle childhood, and their association with early maltreatment, defined as referral to Child Protective Services (CPS) before age 6.RESULTS:
In fully adjusted models, children experiencing early maltreatment had poorer baseline scores in activities of daily living (-4.22, 95% CI [-7.38, -1.46]) and externalizing behavior (2.95, 95% CI [1.05, 4.86]), but maltreatment was not associated with change over time in these domains. However, maltreatment was associated with increases in internalizing behavior over time (0.42, 95% CI [0.06, 0.77]).CONCLUSION:
Heterogeneity in patterns of association between maltreatment and outcomes of resilience processes support the utility of examining developmental domains individually, versus as a composite, to identify specific targets for intervention.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Maus-Tratos Infantis
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Serviços de Proteção Infantil
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Child Abuse Negl
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article