Post-traumatic stress in sexually abused, physically abused, and nonabused children

Deblinger, Esther; McLeer, Susan V.; Atkins, Marc S.; Ralphe, Diana L.; Foa, Edna B.

doi:10.1016/0145-2134(89)90080-x

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“…Research has demonstrated the predictive utility of examining childhood maltreatment at a more specific level, for example, by the subtypes of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and emotional and physical neglect, to determine the strength of the relationships between individual subtypes and PTSD (Ackerman, Newton, McPherson, Jones, & Dykman, 1998;Arias & Pape, 1999;Deblinger, McLeer, Atkins, Ralphe, & Foa, 1989;O'Leary, 1999;Street & Arias, 2001;Widom, 1999). Childhood physical abuse and sexual abuse have positive, significant, and differential relationships to PTSD (Ackerman et al, 1998).…”

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“…Childhood physical abuse and sexual abuse have positive, significant, and differential relationships to PTSD (Ackerman et al, 1998). Investigations among youth who have experienced both sexual and physical abuse have found that sexual abuse is a relatively stronger predictor of PTSD symptoms than physical abuse (Deblinger et al, 1989;Widom, 1999). Moreover, in their study of child and young adolescent inpatients, Deblinger and colleagues found that 21% of sexually abused children and 7% of physically abused children met diagnostic criteria for PTSD.…”

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Differential relationships of childhood abuse and neglect subtypes to PTSD symptom clusters among adolescent inpatients

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This article investigates whether childhood abuse and neglect subtypes (i.e., physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, and physical and emotional neglect) differentially predict the severity of individual posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom clusters and overall posttraumatic stress. Eighty-nine patients admitted to the short-term adolescent treatment unit of a psychiatric hospital completed a battery of psychological assessments. Findings of multiple regression analyses showed that emotional and sexual abuse rather than physical abuse, emotional neglect, or physical neglect is related to individual symptom cluster severity and overall posttraumatic stress. Results suggested that a greater level of specificity is necessary when assessing child abuse and posttraumatic stress because each level provides more specific information about how to intervene to reduce the risk of negative outcomes.

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“…A number of studies have indicated that a proportion of young abusers have experienced physical abuse and neglect (Seghorn et al, 1987;Deblinger et al, 1989). The association made between offending and prior physical abuse is also related to comorbidity with conduct disorder and, later, antisocial personality disorder, which has been identified in a number of sexually offending populations (Kavoussi et al, 1988).…”

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Children and adolescents: victims who become perpetrators

Bentovim¹,

Williams²

1998

Adv. psychiatr. treat

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Irrespective of whether one considers official statistics, the proliferation of clinical referrals, research initiatives, review articles or even media attention, the problem of children and adolescents who sexually abuse other children has become a subject of increased attention. Given the proportion of young abusers who are themselves victims of sexual abuse, understanding the continuities between sexual victimisation and sexually abusive behaviour has been important. Despite the paucity of reliable evidence, it is clear that the majority of children who are sexually abused do not become abusers. Moreover, we know that around half of all young abusers have not themselves been victims of abuse. This paper sets out to consider these issues and highlight potentially important factors in understanding the origins and development of sexually abusive behaviour at an early age.

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“…These studies suggest that maltreatment could predispose a child to risky, self-destructive or aggressive 4 behaviors. Claussen and Crittenden (1991) and Deblinger et al (1989) document high rates of post-traumatic stress syndrome among children who have been abused, and Widom (1994) suggests that stress during critical periods may have an important impact on the development of aggressive behavior in adolescents.…”

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Does Child Abuse Cause Crime?

Currie

Tekin

2006

SSRN Journal

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Does Child Abuse Cause Crime? * Child maltreatment, which includes both child abuse and child neglect, is a major social problem. This paper focuses on measuring the effects of child maltreatment on crime using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). We focus on crime because it is one of the most socially costly potential outcomes of maltreatment, and because the proposed mechanisms linking maltreatment and crime are relatively well elucidated in the literature. Our work addresses many limitations of the existing literature on child maltreatment. First, we use a large national sample, and investigate different types of abuse in a similar framework. Second, we pay careful attention to identifying the causal impact of abuse, by using a variety of statistical methods that make differing assumptions. These methods include: Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), propensity score matching estimators, and twin fixed effects. Finally, we examine the extent to which the effects of maltreatment vary with socio-economic status (SES), gender, and the severity of the maltreatment. We find that maltreatment approximately doubles the probability of engaging in many types of crime. Low SES children are both more likely to be mistreated and suffer more damaging effects. Boys are at greater risk than girls, at least in terms of increased propensity to commit crime. Sexual abuse appears to have the largest negative effects, perhaps justifying the emphasis on this type of abuse in the literature. Finally, the probability of engaging in crime increases with the experience of multiple forms of maltreatment as well as the experience of Child Protective Services (CPS) investigation. JEL Classification:I1, K4

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Post-traumatic stress in sexually abused, physically abused, and nonabused children

Cited by 239 publications

References 13 publications

Differential relationships of childhood abuse and neglect subtypes to PTSD symptom clusters among adolescent inpatients

Differential relationships of childhood abuse and neglect subtypes to PTSD symptom clusters among adolescent inpatients

Children and adolescents: victims who become perpetrators

Does Child Abuse Cause Crime?

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