Measurement of emotional/psychological child maltreatment: A review

Draca, Jasminka; Crain, Jennifer; MacMillan, Harriet L.

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.04.011

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“…Relative to other forms of maltreatment, emotional maltreatment is also less likely to be substantiated by CPS (Trickett et al, 2009). Because this type of maltreatment typically does not result in physical marks, it may not be perceived to be as harmful as other maltreatment types (Tonmyr, Draca, Crain, & MacMillan, 2011). Distinguishing poor parenting from psychological maltreatment is also difficult, as it may depend on the age of the child, cultural context, and the severity and frequency of the parenting behaviors (Wolfe & McIsaac, 2011).…”

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Childhood psychological maltreatment subtypes and adolescent depressive symptoms

Paul

Eckenrode

2015

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Childhood psychological maltreatment subtypes and adolescent depressive symptoms

Paul

Eckenrode

2015

Child Abuse & Neglect

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“…And it should be noted that the test-retest reliability of the CTQ subscales for emotional abuse and emotional neglect has been found satisfactory across different ranges of samples (i.e. college students, psychiatric patients, and convenience samples) [68]. Furthermore, in a large sample of patients and controls, it was found that retrospective recall of CEM was not affected by current mood state [4].…”

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Childhood Maltreatment and Coping in Bipolar Disorder

2015

Holistic Perspectives on Trauma

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Children who have experienced chronic parental rejection and exclusion during childhood, as is the case in childhood emotional maltreatment, may become especially sensitive to social exclusion. This study investigated the neural and emotional responses to social exclusion (with the Cyberball task) in young adults reporting childhood emotional maltreatment. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we investigated brain responses and self-reported distress to social exclusion in 46 young adult patients and healthy controls (mean age = 19.262.16) reporting low to extreme childhood emotional maltreatment. Consistent with prior studies, social exclusion was associated with activity in the ventral medial prefrontal cortex and posterior cingulate cortex. In addition, severity of childhood emotional maltreatment was positively associated with increased dorsal medial prefrontal cortex responsivity to social exclusion. The dorsal medial prefrontal cortex plays a crucial role in self-and other-referential processing, suggesting that the more individuals have been rejected and maltreated in childhood, the more self-and other-processing is elicited by social exclusion in adulthood. Negative self-referential thinking, in itself, enhances cognitive vulnerability for the development of psychiatric disorders. Therefore, our findings may underlie the emotional and behavioural difficulties that have been reported in adults reporting childhood emotional maltreatment.

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“…Rejecting parenting has been defined as parental behaviour that leads the child to believe that he is unloved and unwanted and has been classified as emotional maltreatment [44]. However, Tonmyr et al [45] recommended that emotional abuse and emotional neglect should be assessed separately45. Presence of neglect was defined as a response indicating that rejection had occurred several times or often, and absence as reports of being rejected occasionally or never.…”

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The association between maltreatment in childhood and criminal convictions to age 24: a prospective study of a community sample of males from disadvantaged neighbourhoods

Silva

Larm

Vitaro

et al. 2012

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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While many studies have observed a positive association between maltreatment in childhood and criminality in adolescence and adulthood, others have failed to detect such an association. Most studies, however, have not examined different types of maltreatment, nor taken account of other family and childhood factors that are predictive of criminality. Using data from a prospective, longitudinal investigation of a community sample of 1,037 males, we calculated hierarchical logistic regression models to estimate the associations of boys' self-reports of neglect, emotional abuse, and physical abuse at ages 10 and 12, with convictions for criminal offenses from age 12 to 24, after taking account of conduct problems, hurtful and uncaring behaviours (HUB), and parent's criminality. At ages 10 and 12, boys' reports of neglect, emotional abuse, and physical abuse, were not associated with criminal convictions for non-violent or for violent crimes from age 12 to 24. Among boys who did not engage in HUB towards others reports of emotional abuse were associated with subsequent criminality, while this association disappeared among the boys engaging in such behaviours. In this community sample of males, levels of each type of maltreatment were low and there were no direct associations with subsequent criminal convictions. The findings add to emerging evidence that the characteristics of the child and parents, as well as the type of maltreatment modify the association with future criminal offending.

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Measurement of emotional/psychological child maltreatment: A review

Cited by 73 publications

References 71 publications

Childhood psychological maltreatment subtypes and adolescent depressive symptoms

Childhood psychological maltreatment subtypes and adolescent depressive symptoms

Childhood Maltreatment and Coping in Bipolar Disorder

The association between maltreatment in childhood and criminal convictions to age 24: a prospective study of a community sample of males from disadvantaged neighbourhoods

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