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ArticleDevelopment and psychopathology2024

Do insecure adult attachment styles mediate the relationship between childhood maltreatment and violent behavior?

Nina Papalia, Cathy Spatz Widom

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Article in Development and psychopathology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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"Kill the Enemy": Can Violence be Learned in Children by Activating Mirror Neurons Through Video Games?Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Nina PapaliaCentre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology and Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7978-3751

Cathy Spatz WidomPsychology Department, John Jay College, New York City, NY, USA.

Funding

THIRTY YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF NEGLECTED CHILDRENR01HD040774 · NICHD · UNIV OF MED/DENT OF NJ-NJ MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI WIDOM, CATHY SPATZ · 2000 to 2009

$8.7M

Child Maltreatment and Risk for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG058683 · NIA · JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE · PI WIDOM, CATHY SPATZ · 2018 to 2022

$7.6M

CHILDHOOD VICTIMIZATION AND LIFETIME REVICTIMIZATIONR01MH058386 · NIMH · UNIV OF MED/DENT OF NJ-NJ MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI WIDOM, CATHY SPATZ · 1999 to 2003

$2.8M

Child Abuse and Neglect, Chronic Stress, and Drug AbuseR01DA017842 · NIDA · UNIV OF MED/DENT OF NJ-NJ MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI WIDOM, CATHY SPATZ · 2004 to 2005

$386k

CHILD ABUSE AND ALCOHOL ABUSER21AA011108 · NIAAA · UNIV OF MED/DENT OF NJ-NJ MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI WIDOM, CATHY SPATZ · 1997 to 1998

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CHILD ABUSE, RISK, AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS--DRUG ABUSER01DA010060 · NIDA · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY · PI WIDOM, CATHY SPATZ · 1996 to 1997

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LONGTERM MENTAL OUTCOMES OF CHILD ABUSE &NEGLECTR01MH049467 · NIMH · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY · PI WIDOM, CATHY SPATZ · 1992 to 1994

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CHILDHOOD VICTIMIZATION AND RISK FOR ALCOHOL PROBLEMSR03AA009238 · NIAAA · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY · PI WIDOM, CATHY SPATZ · 1992 to 1993

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NIAAA NIH HHS R03 AA009238NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA011108NIA NIH HHS R01 AG058683NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD040774NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA010060NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA017842NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH049467NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH058386

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Attachment theory has played an important role in attempts to understand the "cycle of violence," where maltreated children are at increased risk for perpetrating violence later in life. However, little is known empirically about whether adult attachment insecurity in close relationships may partly explain the link between childhood maltreatment and violent behavior. This study aimed to address this gap using data from a prospective longitudinal study of documented childhood abuse and neglect cases and demographically matched controls (ages 0-11 years), who were followed into adulthood and interviewed (

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Object AttachmentViolenceAdultAdult Survivors of Child AbuseChildChild AbuseChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedProspective Studiesadult attachment styleschild maltreatmentneglectphysical abuseprospective longitudinalviolenceviolent offending

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PMID36700354

DOI10.1017/S0954579422001468

PMCPMC10368795

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