Bennett, D. S., Sullivan, M. W., & Lewis, M.2014-06-242014-06-242010Bennett, D. S., Sullivan, M. W., & Lewis, M. (2010). Neglected children, shame-proneness, and depressive symptoms. Child maltreatment, 15(4), 305-314.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3771652/pdf/nihms-507106.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1507Neglected children may be at increased risk for depressive symptoms. This study examines shame-proneness as an outcome of child neglect and as a potential explanatory variable in the relation between neglect and depressive symptoms. Participants were 111 children (52 with a Child Protective Services [CPS] allegation of neglect) seen at age 7. Neglected children reported more shame-proneness and more depressive symptoms than comparison children. Guilt-proneness, in contrast, was unrelated to neglect and depressive symptoms, indicating specificity for shame-proneness. The potential role of shame as a process variable that can help explain how some neglected children exhibit depressive symptoms is discussed. (Author Abstract)en-USneglectchild abusedepressionshameguiltresearchArticle