The hallmarks of childhood abuse and neglect: A systematic review

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 12; p. e0243639
• Main Authors: Lang, Jason, Kerr, Daniel M., Petri-Romão, Papoula, McKee, Tracey, Smith, Helen, Wilson, Naomi, Zavrou, Marianna, Shiels, Paul, Minnis, Helen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 08.12.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Abuse; Adaptation; Biology and Life Sciences; Biomarkers; Child; Child Abuse; Child abuse & neglect; Childhood; Children; Children with disabilities; Complexity; Disabilities; Epigenetics; Exposure; Health risks; Humans; Immune system; Librarians; Literature reviews; Medicine and Health Sciences; Negligence; Obesity; Obesity - etiology; Pediatric research; Physical Sciences; Psychopathology; Research and Analysis Methods; Resilience; Reviews; Risk; Risk Factors; Risk taking; Sexual Behavior; Smoking; Smoking - epidemiology; Social Sciences; Stress response; Subject heading schemes; Systematic review; United Kingdom; United Kingdom > UK

Studies on the impacts of child maltreatment (CM) have been conducted in diverse areas. Mechanistic understanding of the complex interplay between factors is lacking. Hallmarking is an approach which identifies common factors across studies and highlights the most robust findings. In a review of sys...