Chronic neglect and aggression/delinquency: A longitudinal examination

Logan-Greene, Patricia; Jones, Annette Semanchin

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.04.003

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“…These children were about twice as likely to transition into the JJS than children who did not experience remaltreatment. This indicates that repeat and chronic maltreatment is a critical risk factor for delinquent behaviors (Logan-Greene, & Jones, 2015). Although we were not able to examine the mechanism by which chronicity of maltreatment contributes to the CWS-JJS transition, we suspect that repeat maltreatment has serious consequences that can undermine a child’s healthy development (Fluke, Shusterman, Hollinshead, & Yuan, 2008).…”

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Maltreatment, family environment, and social risk factors: Determinants of the child welfare to juvenile justice transition among maltreated children and adolescents

Vidal

Prince

Connell

et al. 2017

Child Abuse & Neglect

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This study prospectively examines the transition from the child welfare system into the juvenile justice system among 10,850 maltreated children and adolescents and explores how patterns of risks, including severity and chronicity of maltreatment, adverse family environment, and social risk factors, affect service systems transition. Almost three percent of maltreated children and adolescents had their first juvenile justice adjudication within an average of approximately six years of their initial child protective services investigation (CPS). Social risk factors, including a child’s age at index CPS investigation (older), gender (boys), and race/ethnicity (Black and Hispanic vs. White) significantly predicted the risk of transition into the juvenile justice system. Recurrence of maltreatment and experiencing at least one incident of neglect over the course of the study period also increased the risk of transition into the juvenile justice system. However, subtypes of maltreatment, including physical, sexual, and other types of abuse did not significantly predict the risk of juvenile justice system transition. Finally, family environment characterized by poverty also significantly increased the risk of juvenile justice system transition. These findings have important implications for developing and tailoring services for maltreated children, particularly those at-risk for transitioning into the juvenile justice system.

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Maltreatment, family environment, and social risk factors: Determinants of the child welfare to juvenile justice transition among maltreated children and adolescents

Vidal

Prince

Connell

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Child Abuse & Neglect

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“…I ndividuals exposed early in life to social separation, one form of neglect, develop impaired interpersonal relationships, including aggressive behaviors, and, in many cases, suffer from psychiatric illness (e.g., depression, borderline personality disorder, and dissociative disorder) (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7). Although there is evidence that functional circuits in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) regulate social behaviors (8), the effect of social separation early in life on neural circuit development in the mPFC is not well understood.…”

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Neonatal isolation augments social dominance by altering actin dynamics in the medial prefrontal cortex

Tada

Miyazaki

Takemoto

et al. 2016

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Social separation early in life can lead to the development of impaired interpersonal relationships and profound social disorders. However, the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms involved are largely unknown. Here, we found that isolation of neonatal rats induced glucocorticoid-dependent social dominance over nonisolated control rats in juveniles from the same litter. Furthermore, neonatal isolation inactivated the actin-depolymerizing factor (ADF)/cofilin in the juvenile medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Isolation-induced inactivation of ADF/cofilin increased stable actin fractions at dendritic spines in the juvenile mPFC, decreasing glutamate synaptic AMPA receptors. Expression of constitutively active ADF/cofilin in the mPFC rescued the effect of isolation on social dominance. Thus, neonatal isolation affects spines in the mPFC by reducing actin dynamics, leading to altered social behavior later in life.medial prefrontal cortex | social isolation stress | social dominance | AMPA receptor trafficking | actin dynamics

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“…Evidence from both cross‐sectional and longitudinal studies shows that childhood maltreatment is related to a number of problem behaviors, including school problems, prostitution, delinquency, crime, and homelessness (Eckenrode, Laird & Doris, ; Fowler & Farrell, ; Kaufman & Widom, ; Kendall‐Tackett & Eckenrode, ; Logan‐Greene & Jones, ; Maxfield & Widom, ; McIntyre & Widom, ; Mersky & Reynolds, ; Perez & Widom, ; Shah et al., ; Stoltz et al., ; Tanaka, Georgiades, Boyle & MacMillan, ; Widom, ; Widom & Kuhns, ; Wilson & Widom, ). Neighborhood conditions have also been related to certain types of problem behaviors, for example, studies show that school performance is strongly associated with neighborhood conditions (Dietz, ; Leventhal & Brooks‐Gunn, ).…”

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Child Maltreatment, Problem Behaviors, and Neighborhood Attainment

Chauhan

Schuck

Widom

2017

American J of Comm Psychol

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Using data from a prospective cohort design study of a group of children with documented histories of abuse and neglect (n = 908) and matched controls (n = 667), this paper examines whether problem behaviors (e.g., prostitution, crime, school problems, and homelessness) in young adulthood explain the link between maltreatment in childhood and living in high-risk neighborhoods in middle adulthood. Problem behaviors were assessed at mean age of 29 and neighborhood characteristics were assessed at mean age of 40. Child maltreatment predicted living in less desirable neighborhoods in middle adulthood. Problem behaviors in young adulthood partially mediated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and residence in less desirable neighborhoods in middle adulthood. The direct paths from child maltreatment to neighborhoods were not significant for Black children. For White children, there was a direct relationship between child maltreatment and living in an economically disadvantaged neighborhood. Problem behaviors were a stronger mediator between child maltreatment and living in more disordered and less socially cohesive neighborhoods for Black children, while the problem behaviors were a stronger mediator for living in more economically disadvantaged and less socially cohesive neighborhoods for White children. Further research is needed to understand these racial differences. Interventions should focus on preventing problem behaviors to minimize the risk of residency in high-risk neighborhoods.

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Chronic neglect and aggression/delinquency: A longitudinal examination

Cited by 62 publications

References 54 publications

Maltreatment, family environment, and social risk factors: Determinants of the child welfare to juvenile justice transition among maltreated children and adolescents

Maltreatment, family environment, and social risk factors: Determinants of the child welfare to juvenile justice transition among maltreated children and adolescents

Neonatal isolation augments social dominance by altering actin dynamics in the medial prefrontal cortex

Child Maltreatment, Problem Behaviors, and Neighborhood Attainment

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