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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Childhood maltreatment"”.
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Childhood maltreatment, adult attachment, and emotional adjustment
Possible relationships between early mistreatment, adult attachment security (Interpersonal functioning), and apprehension and melancholy.
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Childhood maltreatment, adult attachment, and emotional adjustment
Possible relationships between early mistreatment, adult attachment security (Interpersonal functioning), and apprehension and melancholy.
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Shame: associations with childhood maltreatment and mental health
… consistently reports a relationship between childhood maltreatment and the experience of psychological distress in adulthood. More recently, researchers have<br/>sought to identify the emotional consequences of these experiences. The current literature review focuses on the experience of …
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Aggressive and depressed: long-term outcomes of childhood maltreatment
… research has established a relationship between childhood maltreatment and resulting maladaptive outcomes, specifically, aggressive behaviors and depressive symptomology. The present research sought to extend the current body of literature by determining whether distinctive forms and functions of …
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Childhood maltreatment: developing a child protection training programme for student educators
… programme would increase student educators childhood maltreatment knowledge, to consider the differentiated training needs of student groups and to ascertain the perspectives of student educators and experienced practitioners regarding pre-service child protection training. A theoretical …
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Childhood Maltreatment is Associated with Adult Depression: Is Inflammation to Blame?
… mediate the association between various types of childhood maltreatment (physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, physical neglect, emotional neglect) and adult depression symptoms in a sample of 740 adults (372 female; Mage= 51.6 years, SD = 13.6) who provided retrospective report of …
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Epigenetic & transcriptomic alterations associated with childhood maltreatment, major depressive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder
Childhood maltreatment increases the risk of developing major depressive disorder (MDD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) later in life. Dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, a regulator of the body’s stress response, has been associated with exposure to childhood …
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The role of shame in the relationships among childhood maltreatment, fears of evaluation, and associated submissive behaviors
… severity of exposure across five sub-domains of childhood maltreatment. Childhood exposure to childhood maltreatment may increase risk for behaviors associated with fear of negative evaluation (FNE) and fear of positive evaluation (FPE), such as submissive behavior displays (e.g., eye gaze …
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Investigating the role of childhood maltreatment and witnessing intimate partner violence on childhood behaviour and mental health
… of this thesis was to investigate the role of childhood maltreatment (CM) and witnessing intimate partner violence (W.IPV) on childhood behaviour and mental health (MH). The complex interaction of risk, protection and mediating factors are considered in the ecological model (Bronfenbrenner, …
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Sensitive Periods for the Effects of Childhood Maltreatment on Functional Connectivity in Cognitive Control and Risk Processing Systems
It is well established that childhood adversity is associated with long lasting effects on development including both negative physical and mental health outcomes. Research demonstrates that adverse childhood experiences influence neurodevelopment and propose that this may be a mechanism linking …
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Exploring Maternal Personal and Interpersonal Functioning to Explain the Relation between Maternal Childhood Maltreatment History and Child Behaviour Problems
I investigated the association between maternal childhood maltreatment history and child behaviour problems in the next generation, and what maternal personal and interpersonal variables mediate this relation. I hypothesized that previously studied maternal variables (maternal depression, social …
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Childhood Maltreatment and Romantic Relationship Functioning During Pregnancy: Women’s Narrative Coherence About Partners and Couples’ Conflict Communication and Recovery
<p>Childhood maltreatment (CM) is associated with difficulties in romantic relationships in adulthood, including conflict, less support, and difficulties in communication. However, little is known about the impact of CM on romantic relationship functioning in the context of pregnancy, during which …
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Associations Between and Changes in Hippocampal Volume and the Cortisol Response Over Time: The Role of Childhood Maltreatment and Depression
… especially within the context of a history of childhood maltreatment. However, investigations that examine the association between these two mechanisms are scarce. The aim of the current study was to (1) test the hypothesis that (1) cortisol reactivity and hippocampal volume are correlated …
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When Do We See Resilience: The Effects of Parent's History of Maltreatment on Parenting Behaviors and Children's Adjustment
… in cases where a parent has experienced childhood maltreatment. The purpose of this study is to explore the role of parent's childhood maltreatment in its effects on parenting behavior, parent characteristics, and child adjustment. The multiple pathways through which parent's childhood …
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Examining the MAOA gene and its potential role in the effect of childhood maltreatment on borderline personality traits and emotion dysregulation
… MAOA-H and the presence of BPD traits when childhood maltreatment was experienced. The current study sought to expand past research that used female participants because thus far research on female samples exploring the MAOA gene have been limited. The present study investigated the …
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