ArticleChild abuse & neglect2021
Associations between prospective and retrospective measures of child abuse and self-reported adult health at midlife.
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- Childhood maltreatment, social connectedness, and depression: A prospective analysis of trajectories over time.Developmental psychology · 2025Article
- Self-esteem mediates child abuse predicting adulthood anxiety, depression, and substance use symptoms 18 years later.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
- Associations between childhood maltreatment and physiological dysregulation in adulthood: Methodological decisions and implications.Child abuse & neglect · 2023Article
- Measuring early life adversity: A dimensional approach.Development and psychopathology · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe long-term health effects of physical child abuse are well documented in self-report, retrospective studies. However, there have been few longitudinal, multimethod studies on physiological responses to stress and the onset of chronic disease, thereby slowing the advancement of prevention and intervention programs.
objectivesThis study used survey data from an extended longitudinal study to examine prospective and retrospective associations between measures of physical child abuse and adult health in the 40s. PARTICIPANTS AND
settingData are from an ongoing longitudinal study of the correlates and consequences of child maltreatment that began in the 1970s with a sample of 457 children.
methodsBivariate correlations and multiple regression models with covariates were used to assess associations between measures of physical child abuse and outcomes of self-reported health in adulthood.
resultsPhysical child abuse, measured retrospectively, was moderately related to reports of overall health, as well as a number of adult health problems and conditions, such as back and chest pain, hypertension, and certain forms of cancer. Associations were also observed for lifetime alcohol problems and past-year doctor and emergency room visits. Fewer associations between prospective parent self-report measures of physical child abuse and adult health were identified, although child welfare (official record) reports performed similarly to retrospective measures.
conclusionsThis study adds important information on the long-term health effects of child physical abuse, as well as measurement differences in the prediction of adult health outcomes. Conclusions drawn from prospective and retrospective studies of abuse are at best inconsistent, and possibly incompatible.
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