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Childhood poverty and psychological well-being: The mediating role of cumulative risk exposure.

Author(s): Evans GW, De France K

The current study assessed whether the proportion of childhood (age 0-9 years) in poverty altered the developmental trajectories (ages 9-24) of multimethodological indicators of psychological well-being. In addition, we tested whether exposure to cumulative...

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Behavior problems in sexually abused preschoolers over a 1-year period: The mediating role of attachment representations.

Author(s): Charest F, Hébert M, Bernier A, Langevin R, Miljkovitch R

Behavior problems in sexually abused preschoolers over a 1-year period: The mediating role of attachment representations.

Dev Psychopathol. 2019 05;31(2):471-481

Authors: Charest F, Hébert M, Bernier A, Langevin R, Miljkovitch R

Article GUID: 29681251
The quality of the mother-child relationship in high-risk dyads: application of the Emotional Availability Scales in an intergenerational, longitudinal study.

Author(s): Stack DM, Serbin LA, Girouard N, Enns LN, Bentley VM, Ledingham JE, Schwartzman AE

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Predicting psychosis-spectrum diagnoses in adulthood from social behaviors and neighborhood contexts in childhood

Author(s): Hastings PD; Serbin LA; Bukowski W; Helm JL; Stack DM; Dickson DJ; Ledingham JE; Schwartzman AE;...

Research showing that risk for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder with psychosis, and other psychosis-spectrum diagnoses in adulthood is multidetermined has underscored the necessity of studying the a...

Article GUID: 31014409
Title:Behavior problems in sexually abused preschoolers over a 1-year period: The mediating role of attachment representations.
Authors:Charest F,  Hébert M,  Bernier A,  Langevin R,  Miljkovitch R
Link:www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29681251?dopt=Abstract
DOI:10.1017/S0954579418000226
Category:Dev Psychopathol
PMID:29681251
Dept Affiliation: CONCORDIA
1 Université du Québec à Montréal.
2 Université de Montréal.
3 Concordia University.
4 Université Paris 8.

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Behavior problems in sexually abused preschoolers over a 1-year period: The mediating role of attachment representations.



Dev Psychopathol. 2019 05;31(2):471-481



Authors: Charest F, Hébert M, Bernier A, Langevin R, Miljkovitch R



Abstract

According to the developmental psychopathology framework, adverse childhood experiences, including child sexual abuse (CSA), may alter the course of normal development in children. Attachment security has been identified as a protective factor against psychopathology and may thus play a critical role in predicting victims' adaptation. The main objective of the present study was to investigate the mediating effect of attachment representations in the relation between CSA and behavior problems over a 1-year period. The sample consisted of 391 children (251 sexually abused) aged 3.5 to 6 years. The Attachment Story Completion Task and the Child Behavior Checklist were used. Disorganized attachment partially mediated the relation between CSA and children's internalizing and externalizing behavior problems 1 year following the initial assessment. This mediation effect was not found for ambivalent nor secure attachment dimensions. Child gender was found to moderate the association between CSA and disorganization, with larger effects of CSA among boys. These findings underscore the importance of considering attachment representations in treatment programs for preschool victims. Evidence-based practice focusing on trauma could be combined with an attachment-based intervention targeting the parent-child relationship. Moreover, interventions should be gender sensitive, as CSA appears to affect boys and girls differently.



PMID: 29681251 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]