Objective and subjective experiences of child maltreatment and their relationships with psychopathology
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2020
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National Institute of Justice
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The study found that, even for severe cases of childhood maltreatment identified through court records, risk of psychopathology linked to objective measures was minimal in the absence of subjective reports. In contrast, risk of psychopathology linked to subjective reports of childhood maltreatment was high, whether or not the reports were consistent with objective measures. These findings have important implications for how we study the mechanisms through which child maltreatment affects mental health and how we prevent or treat maltreatment-related psychopathology. Interventions for psychopathology associated with childhood maltreatment can benefit from deeper understanding of the subjective experience. (publisher abstract modified)
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child maltreatment, mental health, research, intervention
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Danese, A., & C. S. Widom, C.S.. (2020). Objective and subjective experiences of child maltreatment and their relationships with psychopathology. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.