Journal article
Child maltreatment and adolescent mental health problems in a large birth cohort
Child abuse & neglect, Vol.37(5), pp.292-302
05/2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.11.008
PMCID: PMC3918944
PMID: 23380430
Abstract
Objective: To examine whether notified child maltreatment is associated with adverse psychological outcomes in adolescence, and whether differing patterns of psychological outcome are seen depending on the type of maltreatment.
Methods: The participants were 7,223 mother and child pairs enrolled in a population-based birth cohort study in Brisbane, Australia. Exposure to suspected child maltreatment was measured by linkage with state child protection agency data. The primary outcomes were the internalizing and externalizing scales of the Youth Self Report (YSR) at approximately 14 years of age.
Results: The YSR was completed by 5,172 subjects (71.6%), with increased attrition of cases of notified maltreatment. After adjustment for potential confounders, notified maltreatment was significantly associated with both internalizing behavior and externalizing behavior at 14. When evaluated as non-exclusive categories of maltreatment, physical abuse, neglect, and emotional abuse were each significantly associated with both internalizing and externalizing behavior after adjustment. When evaluated using an expanded hierarchical scheme that included combinations of multi-type maltreatment, the following groups had significantly higher internalizing behavior after adjustment: emotional abuse (with or without neglect), and multi-type maltreatment including physical (but not sexual) abuse with neglect and/or emotional abuse. The following groups were associated with externalizing behavior after adjustment: emotional abuse (with or without neglect), and multi-type maltreatment including physical abuse (with neglect and/or emotional abuse), or sexual abuse (with neglect and/or emotional abuse, and/or physical abuse).
Conclusion: This study suggests that child neglect and emotional abuse have serious adverse effects on adolescent mental health and warrant the attention given to other forms of child maltreatment. Additionally, it confirms that young people who are notified for more than one type of maltreatment are at particular risk of adolescent mental health problems.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Child maltreatment and adolescent mental health problems in a large birth cohort
- Creators
- Ryan Mills - School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Address: c/- Department of Paediatrics, Logan Hospital, PO Box 4096, Loganholme DC, Queensland, Australia 4129. Phone: +61 7 3299 8899, Fax: +61 7 3299 8035James Scott - The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Address: Level 3 UQCCR, RBWH, Herston, Qld, 4029, Australia, Phone: +61 7 3636 8111, Fax: +61 7 3636 1111Rosa Alati - School of Population Health and Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, University of Queensland, Address: Level 2, Public Health Building, School of Population Health, Herston, Queensland, Australia 4006. Phone: +61 7 336 55281, Fax: +61 7 336 55509Michael O'Callaghan - School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Address: Mater Children's Hospital, Raymond Terrace, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 4101, michael.o', Phone: +61 7 3163 1636, Fax: +61 7 3163 1744Jake Najman - School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Address: Level 2, Public Health Building, School of Population Health, Herston, Queensland, Australia 4006, Phone: +61 7 336 55180, Fax: +61 7 336 55509Lane Strathearn - Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS BCM 320, Houston, Texas 77030, Phone: +1 832 822 3400, Fax: +1 832 825 3399
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Child abuse & neglect, Vol.37(5), pp.292-302
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.11.008
- PMID
- 23380430
- PMCID
- PMC3918944
- NLM abbreviation
- Child Abuse Negl
- ISSN
- 0145-2134
- eISSN
- 1873-7757
- Grant note
- R01 DA026437 || DA / National Institute on Drug Abuse : NIDA R01 HD065819 || HD / National Institute of Child Health & Human Development : NICHD
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2013
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics; Neuroscience and Pharmacology
- Record Identifier
- 9984040289702771
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