Child abuse and neglect in institutional settings, cumulative lifetime traumatization, and psychopathological long-term correlates in adult survivors: The Vienna Institutional Abuse Study

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dc.contributor.authorLueger-Schuster, B., Knefel, M., Glück, T. M., Jagsch, R., Kantor, V., & Weindl, D.
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-29T19:57:50Z
dc.date.available2017-12-29T19:57:50Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractChild maltreatment (CM) in foster care settings (i.e., institutional abuse, IA) is known to have negative effects on adult survivor’s mental health. This study examines and compares the extent of CM (physical, emotional, and sexual abuse; physical and emotional neglect) and lifetime traumatization with regard to current adult mental health in a group of survivors of IA and a comparison group from the community. Participants in the foster care group (n = 220) were adult survivors of IA in Viennese foster care institutions, the comparison group (n = 234) consisted of persons from the Viennese population. The comparison group included persons who were exposed to CM within their families. Participants completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, the Life Events Checklist for DSM-5, the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5, the International Trauma Questionnaire for ICD-11, and the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 and completed a structured clinical interview. Participants in the foster care group showed higher scores in all types of CM than the comparison group and 57.7% reported exposure to all types of CM. The foster care group had significantly higher prevalence rates in almost all mental disorders including personality disorders and suffered from higher symptom distress in all dimensional measures of psychopathology including depression, anxiety, somatization, dissociation, and the symptom dimensions of PTSD. In both groups, adult life events and some but not all forms of CM predicted PTSD and adult life events partly mediated the association of PTSD and CM. Explanations for the severe consequences of CM and IA are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLueger-Schuster, B., Knefel, M., Glück, T. M., Jagsch, R., Kantor, V., & Weindl, D. (2018). Child abuse and neglect in institutional settings, cumulative lifetime traumatization, and psychopathological long-term correlates in adult survivors: The Vienna Institutional Abuse Study. Child Abuse & Neglect, 76, 488-501.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014521341730457X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3671
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherChild Abuse & Neglecten_US
dc.subjectchild maltreatmenten_US
dc.subjectfoster careen_US
dc.subjectinstitutional abuseen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjecttraumaen_US
dc.subjectsurvivorsen_US
dc.subjectmental healthen_US
dc.subjectTrauma sequelaeen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectAustriaen_US
dc.titleChild abuse and neglect in institutional settings, cumulative lifetime traumatization, and psychopathological long-term correlates in adult survivors: The Vienna Institutional Abuse Studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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