SynthesisTrauma, violence & abuse2023
The Impact of Childhood Psychological Maltreatment on Mental Health Outcomes in Adulthood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Childhood emotional maltreatment and trauma-related outcomes: a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Pooled it
- Gender differences in the prevalence of anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder and associated factors among adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Suicide Attempts during Pregnancy and Postpartum: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis: do best-evidenced trauma-focused interventions for children and young people with PTSD lead to changes in social and interpersonal domains?European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Pooled it
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- Social contact recovery and depressive symptoms after the pandemic lockdowns: the lasting impact of child neglect.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Does child abuse influence the persistence of suicidal ideation in patients with high suicide risk?European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Understanding the developmental impact of psychological maltreatment through the lens of the dimensional model of adversity and psychopathology.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Critical windows: timing of child maltreatment exposure and adult mental health.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
- Sequelae of child maltreatment: Umbrella synthesis of 148 meta-analyses on the mental health correlates.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Associations Between Different Subtypes of Adverse Childhood Experiences with Reproductive Mood Disorders-a Scoping Review.Current psychiatry reports · 2026Article
- Childhood Emotional Abuse and Short-Term Stress Continuity Among University Students: The Role of General Music Preference.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Intergenerational Coparenting Across Physical Distance: Grandparenting Styles, Parental Remote Parenting, and Mental Health Among Left-Behind Children in China.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The PROTECT databank a population based linked administrative resource on child maltreatment and intellectual disability with early findings.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Delivering an effective violence prevention intervention at scale: testing an alternative delivery model for the Good School Toolkit in Uganda.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Childhood emotional maltreatment is linked to healthy dietary behavior through depression, anxiety, and subjective well-being.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Domain-specific and multidomain resilience among parentally bereaved youth: Assessment and associations with long-term outcomes.Development and psychopathology · 2026Article
- Psychological processes connecting childhood emotional abuse and healthy eating in university students.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Perceived sleep disturbance in healthy women with a history of childhood emotional abuse is not reflected in objective sleep measures or nocturnal heart rate variability.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
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Abstract
Childhood emotional abuse (CEA) and childhood emotional neglect (CEN) are the least well-studied forms of childhood maltreatment due to challenges in their definition and in detection. However, the available evidence suggests associations with multiple adulthood mental health problems in clinical and non-clinical populations. This systematic review and meta-analysis (PROSPERO registration number CRD42020197833) explored the associations between CEA and CEN and a range of adulthood mental health problems based on systematic searches of eight databases. In total, 79 English and 11 Chinese studies met our inclusion criteria. Results suggested that CEA and CEN had positive associations with various adulthood mental health problems (
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