Recognition of Emotional Expression by Abused Children

Camras, Linda A.; Grow, J. Gary; Ribordy, Sheila C.

doi:10.1207/s15374424jccp1203_16

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“…This finding adds to the literature showing aberrations in maltreated children's emotional development. Maltreated children have been found to use fewer internal state words (Beeghly & Cicchetti, 1994) and to be less able to decode facial expressions of emotion (Camras, Grow, & Ribordy, 1983). Intervention directed at aiding maltreated children in the identification and expression of their feelings, especially their emotions regarding attachment figures, could decrease disturbances to the self-system and enhance moral development.…”

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Child Compliance/Noncompliance and Maternal Contributors to Internalization in Maltreating and Nonmaltreating Dyads

2000

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Moral development in maltreated and nonmaltreated children was examined by coding child compliance and noncompliance behaviors in a mother-child interaction during a cleanup situation that followed a semistructured free play. Features of child compliance/noncompliance involve a shift from reliance on external controls to internal mechanisms, thereby reflecting child internalization of the maternal agenda. Differences in maltreating versus comparison mothers' use of control strategies (power-assertive and inductive techniques) and their relations to child internalization were examined. Eighty-nine mother-child dyads participated; approximately half of the children (n = 46) had documented histories of maltreatment and the remaining children (n = 43) were nonmaltreated, demographically similar comparison children. Maltreated children were divided into two subgroups: physically abused and neglected. Compared with nonmaltreated children, abused children were found to exhibit less internalization, whereas neglected children displayed significantly more negative affect. No differences were found between groups for the maternal control strategies. However, maltreated and nonmaltreated groups differed in the maternal variables that predicted child internalization. A lower level of maternal negative affect was linked to child internalization in maltreated children, whereas a lower level of maternal joy predicted internalization for the comparison children. The findings suggest that maltreated children exhibit both behavioral and affective differences in their moral development, with differential effects based on the type of maltreatment. The clinical implications for maltreated children's self and moral development are discussed.

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Child Compliance/Noncompliance and Maternal Contributors to Internalization in Maltreating and Nonmaltreating Dyads

2000

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“…First, they have behavioral problems similar to those shown by children with psychiatrically disturbed parents (Camras et al, 1983;Dodge et al, 1990;Kashani, Shekim, Burk & Beck, 1987;Perry etal., 1983;Reidy, Anderegg, Tracy & Cotler, 1980;Widom, 1989). Kashani et al (1987) found that childhood maladustment was related more strongly to maltreatment than to a parental diagnosis of affective disorder.…”

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The Relationship between Cognitive Functions and Behavioral Deviance in Children At Risk for Psychopathology

Bergman

Walker

1995

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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Previous studies have generally found that children at risk for psychopathology (i.e. children characterized by risk factors such as parental psychopathology and maltreatment) display more deviant behavior and cognitive dysfunctions than children not at risk. The present study examined the relationship between behavioral deviance and cognition in children characterized by a variety of risk factors (parental schizophrenia, parental psychiatric disorders other than schizophrenia, parental maltreatment). The results indicated that the effects of parental schizophrenia could be distinguished from the more generalized effects of maltreatment and that cognitive deficits were associated with schizoid behavior in children at risk for schizophrenia. These findings suggest that cognitive ability may serve as a moderator of vulnerability to maladjustment in children at risk for schizophrenia.

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“…Maltreated children exhibit difficulty correctly identifying facial expressions of emotion~Camras, Grow, & Ribordy, 1983;During & McMahon, 1991!, difficulty producing recognizable facial affect~Camras, Ribordy, Hill, Martino, Spaccarelli, & Stefani, 1988!, and difficulty understanding emotional expressions and responding appropriately to others ' affective expressions~Howes & Eldredge, 1985;Klimes-Dougan & Kistner, 1990;Main & George, 1985!. Maltreated children also appear to manifest difficulties with more complex affective processing, such as choosing appropriate emotions based on situational cues~Camras et al., 1988;Rogosch et al, 1995!. More recently, Smith and Walden~1999! found that maltreated and nonmaltreated children did not differ on emotion recognition or appropriate emotion selection for a character based on contextual cues once receptive verbal abilities were controlled.…”

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Emotion understanding and theory of mind among maltreated children in foster care: Evidence of deficits

Pears

Fisher

2005

Develop. Psychopathol.

198

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Children in foster care are at heightened risk for poor psychosocial outcomes. This study examined differences in two areas that may be associated with many of these outcomes, emotion understanding and theory of mind, using a sample of 3-to 5-year-old maltreated foster children~n ϭ 60! and a comparison group of same-aged, low-income, nonmaltreated children living with their biological families~n ϭ 31!. Being in foster care was significantly associated with worse emotion understanding and theory of mind capabilities, even when accounting for age, intelligence, and executive function. There were no significant associations between length of time in foster care, number of transitions, and emotion understanding and theory of mind. Results help to expand knowledge about the cognitive and affective deficits of children in foster care and suggest that interventions targeted at these deficits include an emphasis on emotion understanding and theory of mind.

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Recognition of Emotional Expression by Abused Children

Cited by 42 publications

References 8 publications

Child Compliance/Noncompliance and Maternal Contributors to Internalization in Maltreating and Nonmaltreating Dyads

Child Compliance/Noncompliance and Maternal Contributors to Internalization in Maltreating and Nonmaltreating Dyads

The Relationship between Cognitive Functions and Behavioral Deviance in Children At Risk for Psychopathology

Emotion understanding and theory of mind among maltreated children in foster care: Evidence of deficits

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