Childhood physical maltreatment with physical injuries is associated with higher adult psychopathology symptoms

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dc.contributor.authorLamela, Diogo
dc.contributor.authorFigueiredo, Bárbara
dc.contributor.institutionHEI-LAB - Human Environment Interaction Lab
dc.date.issued2018-09
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © 2018 Elsevier Masson SAS
dc.description.abstractBackground: Previous research has neglected the distinction between childhood physical maltreatment (CPM) behaviors and the physical sequelae resulting from CPM. Prior empirical work has combined CPM behaviors (e.g., beat, hit with a belt) and CPM physical sequelae (e.g., bruises, fractures) into a single conceptual category to predict adverse psychological consequences in adults. This is preventing the examination whether specific subgroups of CPM exposure may report a higher risk of psychopathology symptoms in adulthood. The aim of this study was to examine whether distinct experiences of CPM histories (no physical maltreatment, physical maltreatment only, and physical maltreatment with physical sequelae) would be differentially associated with specific psychopathology dimensions in adulthood. symptoms Method: Data were drawn from the Portuguese National Representative Study of Psychosocial Context of Child Abuse and Neglect (N = 941). Participants completed the Childhood History Questionnaire and the Brief Symptom Inventory. Results: Three groups were created based on participants’ experience of CPM assessed by the Childhood History Questionnaire. Participants who reported that suffered physical sequelae of the CPM exhibited significantly higher symptoms in all psychopathology dimensions than participants with no history of CPM and participants that were exposed to physical maltreatment without sequelae. Conclusions: These findings suggest that clinicians should discriminate CPM behavior from CPM physical sequelae in order to increase effectiveness of mental health treatment with adults with history of CPM. Our findings are discussed in light of the evolutionary-developmental frameworks of adaptative development and cumulative risk hypothesis.en
dc.identifier.citationLamela, D & Figueiredo, B 2018, 'Childhood physical maltreatment with physical injuries is associated with higher adult psychopathology symptoms', European Psychiatry, vol. 53, pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2018.04.008
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2018.04.008
dc.identifier.issn0924-9338
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85047637104
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Psychiatry
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.subjectPSICOLOGIA
dc.subjectPSICOPATOLOGIA
dc.subjectMAUS-TRATOS INFANTIS
dc.subjectPSYCHOLOGY
dc.subjectPSYCHOPATHOLOGY
dc.subjectCHILD ABUSE
dc.titleChildhood physical maltreatment with physical injuries is associated with higher adult psychopathology symptomsen
dc.typearticle

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