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Early Abuse and Neglect as Risk Factors for the Development of Criminal and Antisocial Behavior

Kerig, P. K., & Becker, S. P. (Springer International Publishing, 2015)

This chapter reviews current knowledge regarding how early abuse and neglect are linked to the development of criminal and antisocial behavior (CAB) in adolescence and adulthood. After defining the terms involved, this ...

Early Adversity, RSA, and Inhibitory Control: Evidence of Children’s Neurobiological Sensitivity to Social Context

Skowron, E. A., Cipriano‐Essel, E., Gatzke‐Kopp, L. M., Teti, D. M., & Ammerman, R. T. (Developmental Psychobiology, 2014)

This study examined parasympathetic physiology as a moderator of the effects of early adversity (i.e., child abuse and neglect) on children’s inhibitory control. Children’s respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) was assessed ...

Early Child Maltreatment, Runaway Youths, and Risk of Delinquency and Victimization in Adolescence: A Mediational Model

Kim, M. J., Tajima, E. A., Herrenkohl, T. I., & Huang, B. (Social work research, 2009)

This article examines whether running away from home mediates the link between child maltreatment and later delinquency and victimization in adolescence. Specifically, the authors tested the hypothesis that childhood ...

Early Child Neglect: Does It Predict Obesity or Underweight in Later Childhood?

Bennett, D. S., Sullivan, M., Thompson, S. M., & Lewis, M. (Child Maltreatment, 2010)

Child neglect has been hypothesized to be a risk factor for both obesity and underweight in early childhood, although little research has examined the relation between neglect and body mass index (BMI). The current study ...

Early Childhood Adversity and Its Associations with Anxiety, Depression, and Distress in Women with Breast Cancer

McFarland, D. C., Andreotti, C., Harris, K., Mandeli, J., Tiersten, A., & Holland, J. (sychosomatics, 2016)

Introduction: Certain vulnerability factors have been found to place patients at risk for depression and anxiety, especially within the context of medical illness. Early childhood adversity (ECA) primes adults to become ...

Early childhood stress exposure, reward pathways, and adult decision making.

Birn, Rasmus M., Roeber, Barbara J., & Pollack, Seth D. (PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017)

Individuals who have experienced chronic and high levels of stress during their childhoods are at increased risk for a wide range of behavioral problems, yet the neurobiological mechanisms underlying this association are ...

Early childhood victimization among incarcerated adult male felons

Weeks, R.; Widom, C.S. (NIJ Research Preview, 1998)

Early childhood victimization among incarcerated adult male felons.

Weeks, R.; Widom, C.S. (U.S. Department of Justice, 1998)

Early Detection and Intervention for Adolescents at Risk for Engaging in Abusive Sexual Behavior: A Case for Prevention

Rothman, D. (Springer International Publishing., 2016)

[Note: This is a book chapter. Entire book downloads. Requires time.] Sexually abusive behavior by adolescent youth accounts for more than one third of all sexual offenses against young children. It is also known that ...

Early Intervention in Domestic Violence and Abuse

Guy, J., Feinstein, L., & Griffiths, A. (Early Intervention Foundation., 2014)

Domestic Violence and Abuse is the first in a series of reports on different aspects of Early Intervention. We chose to focus on domestic violence and abuse in our first report because it is an important cause of long-term ...

Early Intervention to Avoid Sex Trading and Trafficking of Minnesota’s Female Youth: A Benefit-Cost Analysis: Full Report

Martin, L., Lotspeich, R., & Stark, L. (Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center and UROC., 2012)

We provide analysis of an innovative policy to reduce social harms from sex trading among female youth, including adolescents (e.g. survival sex, prostitution, sex trafficking). The policy consists of early intervention ...

Early interventions for PTSD: A review

Kearns, M. C., Ressler, K. J., Zatzick, D., & Rothbaum, B. O. (Depression and anxiety, 2012)

The high prevalence of trauma exposure and subsequent negative consequences for both survivors and society as a whole emphasize the need for secondary prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder. However, clinicians and ...

Early life adversity and the epigenetic programming of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function

Anacker, C., O'Donnell, K. J., & Meaney, M. J. (Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 2014)

We review studies with human and nonhuman species that examine the hypothesis that epigenetic mechanisms, particularly those affecting the expression of genes implicated in stress responses, mediate the association between ...

Early Life Emotional, Physical, and Sexual Abuse and the Development of Premenstrual Syndrome: A Longitudinal Study

Bertone-Johnson, E. R., Whitcomb, B. W., Missmer, S. A., Manson, J. E., Hankinson, S. E., & Rich-Edwards, J. W. (Journal of Women's Health, 2014)

Background: Previous studies have suggested that violence victimization is prevalent among women with premenstrual syndrome (PMS). However, it is unclear whether early life abuse contributes directly to PMS or whether ...

Early physical abuse and later violent delinquency: A prospective longitudinal study

Lansford, J. E., Miller-Johnson, S., Berlin, L. J., Dodge, K. A., Bates, J. E., & Pettit, G. S. (Child Maltreatment, 2007)

In this prospective longitudinal study of 574 children followed from age 5 to age 21, the authors examine the links between early physical abuse and violent delinquency and other socially relevant outcomes during late ...

Early physical abuse and later violent delinquency: A prospective longitudinal study

Lansford, J.E., et al. (Child Maltreatment, 2007)

Early Prevention of Maternal Sexual Abuse

Gerke, J., & Dietz, T. (Childhood Vulnerability Journal, 2021)

Child sexual abuse has been discussed thoroughly; however, marginalized groups of victims such as victims of child sexual abuse in early childhood and victims of maternal sexual abuse have rarely been considered. This essay ...

Early risk factors for being a bully, victim, or bully/victim in late elementary and early secondary education. The longitudinal TRAILS study

Jansen, D. E., Veenstra, R., Ormel, J., Verhulst, F. C., & Reijneveld, S. A. (BMC Public Health, 2011)

Background: Data regarding the impact of early risk factors on later involvement in bullying are scarce. We investigated the impact of preschool behaviors, family characteristics (socio-economic status, family breakup) and ...

Early Stigmatization, PTSD, and Perceived Negative Reactions of Others Predict Subsequent Strategies for Processing Child Sexual Abuse

Simon, V. A., Feiring, C., & Cleland, C. M. (Psychology of Violence, 2014)

Trauma processing is central to healthy recovery, but few studies examine how youth process experiences of child sexual abuse (CSA). The current study builds on our prior work identifying individual differences in CSA ...

Early Stress Gets under the Skin: Promising Initiatives to Help Children Facing Chronic Adversity

Thompson, R. A., & Haskins, R. (The Future of children, 2014)

Children's early social experiences shape their developing neurological and biological systems for good or for ill, writes Ross Thompson, and the kinds of stressful experiences that are endemic to families living in poverty ...

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