Browsing by Subject "Child maltreatment"

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    Mother´s IPV, child maltreatment type and the presence of PTSD in children and adolescents
    (MDPI, 2017-09-17) Castro Sáez, Maravillas; Alcántara-López, Mavi; Martínez, Antonia; Fernández, Visitación; Sánchez -Meca, Julio; López-Soler, Concepción; Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación
    This correlational cross-sectional study was designed to investigate whether the intimate partner violence (IPV) suffered by mothers (physical and psychological maltreatment), child eyewitness of psychological and physical maltreatment suffered by the mother, the neglect suffered by children, and the maltreatment (physical and psychological) directly suffered by children are statistically associated to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms exhibited by the child. In addition, the prevalence of child PTSD wasestimated, as well as the concordance between the PTSD symptoms assessed by the Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) criteria for child PTSD. The sample consisted of 152 Spanish children aged 8 to 17 and their mothers, who were recruited from Centers of Specialized Assistance for Women Victims of IPV. PTSD prevalence was 20.4%. The results of a canonical correlation analysis showed that the two types of maltreatment with the largest contribution to the canonical variable were physical maltreatment directly suffered by the child, and child eyewitness of physical maltreatment suffered by the mother. The potential developmental pathway of PTSD when both children and mothers suffer severe maltreatment needs to be examined, and this will contribute to the choice of the most effective type of specialized intervention.
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    The association between maternal exposure to intimate partner violence and emotional and behavioral problems in Spanish children and adolescents
    (2016) López Soler, Concepción; Alcántara López, María Vicenta; Castro Sáez, Maravillas; Sánchez Meca, Julio; Fernández Fernández, María Visitación; Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación; Facultades de la UMU::Facultad de Psicología y Logopedia
    This correlational cross-sectional study was designed to investigate whether the intimate partner violence (IPV) suffered by mothers (physical and psychological maltreatment), the neglect suffered by children and the maltreatment (physical and psychological) directly suffered by children are statistically associated with an increase in the probability of the child's suffering psychopathological problems. The sample consisted of 189 Spanish children aged 6 to 17 and their mothers, recruited from Centres of Specialized Assistance for Women Victims of IPV. The results of a canonical correlation analysis showed that the most significant problems suffered by the children were both externalizing and internalizing ones, confirming that the effects of abuse in children are not of a specific type