Resilience and protective factors among people with a history of child maltreatment: a systematic review

• Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Vol. 53; no. 5; pp. 453 - 475
• Main Authors: Meng, Xiangfei, Fleury, Marie-Josee, Xiang, Yu-Tao, Li, Muzi, D’Arcy, Carl
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2018; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Adult Survivors of Child Abuse - psychology; Child abuse & neglect; Childhood; Children; English language; Epidemiology; Female; Humans; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental health; Observational studies; Observational Studies as Topic; Program evaluation; Protective Factors; Psychiatry; Public health; Resilience; Resilience (Psychology); Resilience, Psychological; Review; Studies; Subgroups; Systematic review; Tests; Depression; Child abuse; Protective factors; Anxiety disorders; Resilience

Purpose To provide an overview of resilience and protective factors associated with a better life following child maltreatment exposure, to compare protective factors across specific subtypes of maltreatment, and to explore existing issues in the current state of the literature. Methods Electronic d...