Early maltreatment is associated with greater risk of conduct problems and lack of guilt in adolescence

Docherty, Meagan; Kubik, Joanna; Herrera, Carolina; Boxer, Paul

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.01.032

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“…Interestingly, results regarding anger were nonsignificant. Our findings are aligned with prior research demonstrating the link between maltreatment and conduct disorder and violent tendencies (Andreou, Comasco, Åslund, Nilsson, & Hodgins, ; Docherty, Kubik, Herrera, & Boxer, ). In comparison to nonmaltreated children, maltreated children also show higher levels of behavioral manifestations of negative affect.…”

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Emotion Reactivity and Regulation in Maltreated Children: A Meta‐Analysis

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The many adverse effects of child maltreatment make the scientific investigation of this phenomenon a matter of vital importance. Although the relationship between maltreatment and problematic emotion reactivity and regulation has been studied, the strength and specificity of these associations are not yet clear. We examine the magnitude of the maltreatment-child-emotion reactivity/regulation link. Studies with substantiated maltreatment involving children aged up to 18 were included, along with a smaller number of longitudinal studies (58 papers reviewed, encompassing more than 11,900 children). In comparison to nonmaltreated children, maltreated children experience more negative emotions, behave in a manner indicative of more negative emotion, and display emotion dysregulation. We outline several theoretical implications of our results.

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Emotion Reactivity and Regulation in Maltreated Children: A Meta‐Analysis

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“…In support of the theory, recent empirical research among 557 youth (50% female) indicated that maltreatment in childhood and adolescence (up to age 13) was predictive of lack of guilt at age 14, which can subsequently lead to the development of callous-unemotional traits. Each additional maltreatment event was related with an increased risk of callous-unemotional tendencies, confirming the accumulative impact of childhood trauma (Docherty, Kubik, Herrera, & Boxer, 2018). Maltreated children were also shown to display deficits in empathy as well as expressing, understanding, and recognizing emotions (Beeghly & Cicchetti, 1994;Gaensbauer, 1982;Pollak, Cicchetti, Hornug, & Reed, 2000;Shipman & Zeman, 1999) -all of which are integral features of a psychopathic personality (Boduszek, Debowska, Dhingra, & DeLisi, 2016).…”

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Is Female Psychopathy Linked with Child Abuse? An Empirical Investigation using a Person-Centered Approach

Boduszek

Debowska

Willmott

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Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

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Childhood abuse is associated with increased psychopathic features among girls, but most prior research is based on data from correctional samples of female delinquents and less is known about how specific forms of childhood abuse affect specific features of psychopathy. Using a school-based community sample of 696 girls aged 9-17 years from Barbados and Grenada, the current study examined latent profiles of psychopathic personality traits and their associations with physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. Latent profile analysis (LPA) revealed four distinct psychopathy groups among girls, including a 'low psychopathy' group (41.9% of girls), 'high psychopathy' group (4.8%), 'high interpersonal manipulation and egocentricity' group (37.4%), and a 'moderate psychopathy' group (16%). There was considerable evidence of physical abuse, emotional abuse, and sexual abuse among participants. Sexual abuse was associated with a 116% increased likelihood of membership in the high psychopathy group and a 57% increased likelihood of membership in the high interpersonal manipulation and egocentricity group. These results indicate that sexual abuse is a powerful distal factor in the development of psychopathic personality functioning, especially more severe variants.

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“…ACEs (e.g., 'early maltreatment'; see Docherty et al,2018). It is further argued that exposure to violence may disrupt affective developmental processes and lead to callous-unemotional traits and emotional desensitization, such as low guilt (Docherty et al, 2018;Kennedy and Ceballo, 2016). Using longitudinal data, Kennedy and Ceballo (2016) reported that exposure to community violence was positively associated with mental health outcomes and aggressive behaviors in childhood and adolescence.…”

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Rethinking How We View Gang Members: An Examination into Affective, Behavioral, and Mental Health Predictors of UK Gang-Involved Youth

Frisby-Osman¹,

Wood²

2020

Youth Justice

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Mental health difficulties, conduct problems, and emotional maladjustment predict a range of negative outcomes, and this may include gang involvement. However, few studies have examined how behavioral, mental health, socio-cognitive, and emotional factors all relate to adolescent gang involvement. This study examined 91 adolescents to compare non-gang with gang-involved youth on their conduct problems, emotional distress, guilt-proneness, anxiety and depression, and use of moral disengagement and rumination. Analyses revealed that gang-involved youth had higher levels of anxiety, depression, moral disengagement, and rumination. Gang-involved youth also had higher levels of conduct disorder and exposure to violence, but they did not differ from non-gang youth on levels of emotional distress and guilt-proneness. Discriminant function analysis further showed that conduct problems, moral disengagement, and rumination were the most important predictors of gang involvement. Discussion focuses on how intervention and prevention efforts to tackle gang involvement need to consider the mental health and behavioral needs of gang-involved youth. Further research is also needed to build an evidence base that identifies the cause/effect relationship between mental health and gang involvement to inform the best practice when tackling gang membership.

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Early maltreatment is associated with greater risk of conduct problems and lack of guilt in adolescence

Cited by 26 publications

References 80 publications

Emotion Reactivity and Regulation in Maltreated Children: A Meta‐Analysis

Emotion Reactivity and Regulation in Maltreated Children: A Meta‐Analysis

Is Female Psychopathy Linked with Child Abuse? An Empirical Investigation using a Person-Centered Approach

Rethinking How We View Gang Members: An Examination into Affective, Behavioral, and Mental Health Predictors of UK Gang-Involved Youth

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