Emotional Maltreatment and Psychosocial Functioning in Preadolescent Youth Placed in Out-of-Home Care

This article examines the impact of emotional maltreatment on the psychosocial functioning of youth placed in out-of-home care as a result of maltreatment. Participants included 243 children participating in a randomized controlled trial of a preventive intervention for preadolescent youth placed in...

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Published inJournal of aggression, maltreatment & trauma Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 52 - 74
Main Authors Taussig, Heather N., Culhane, Sara E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2010
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Child Abuse
Child Neglect
Children & youth
Emotional abuse
emotional maltreatment
Foster care
Gender differences
Health Problems
Impact analysis
Intervention
Medical Research
Mental health
out-of-home care
Social psychology
socioemotional and behavioral functioning
Studies
Youth
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Summary:This article examines the impact of emotional maltreatment on the psychosocial functioning of youth placed in out-of-home care as a result of maltreatment. Participants included 243 children participating in a randomized controlled trial of a preventive intervention for preadolescent youth placed in out-of-home care. This study analyzed baseline data collected prerandomization from interviews with children and their out-of-home caregivers and data from child welfare records. Bivariate and regression analyses were used to explore the relationships between emotional maltreatment and interpersonal functioning, self-perception, mental health, and behavioral problems for the total sample and by gender. Findings suggest that subtypes of emotional maltreatment are associated with different outcomes and that males are more negatively impacted by emotional maltreatment than are females.
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Sara Culhane, PhD, JD, is a Senior Research Instructor in Pediatrics at the Kempe Center and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO. Dr. Culhane is the Research Director of the Fostering Healthy Futures Program.
Heather Taussig, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the Kempe Center and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO. Dr. Taussig directs the Fostering Healthy Futures Program, a randomized controlled trial of a preventive intervention for preadolescent youth in foster care.
ISSN:1092-6771
1545-083X
DOI:10.1080/10926770903476008