@article{ref1,
title="Child maltreatment: an intergenerational cascades model of risk processes  potentiating child psychopathology",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2020",
author="Russotti, Justin and Warmingham, Jennifer M. and Handley, Elizabeth D. and Rogosch, Fred A. and Cicchetti, Dante",
volume="112",
number="",
pages="e104829-e104829",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Child maltreatment poses substantial risk for compromised mental health  in children. Further, child abuse and neglect are potentiated within a cascade of  intergenerational and current familial risk processes that require clarification to  inform understanding of adverse outcomes and direct prevention and intervention  efforts. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: Using a multi-informant design, the current study applied an  intergenerational cascades approach to examine the interconnected pathways among  several familial risk factors associated with child maltreatment and its  consequences. PARTICIPANTS: Participants were 378 children (aged 10-12) and their  mothers from economically disadvantaged, ethnically diverse backgrounds. The sample  included maltreated children recruited via CPS records and demographically  comparable non-maltreated children. <br><br>METHODS: Structural equation modeling (SEM) was  conducted to test sequential mediation pathways examining the independent and  cascading effects of maternal history of childhood maltreatment, maternal adolescent  childbearing, current maternal depression, and the child's lifetime history of  maltreatment on the child's internalizing and externalizing symptoms. <br><br>RESULTS:  Multigenerational developmental cascades were identified. Maternal history of  maltreatment predicted chronic maltreatment for offspring, which in turn predicted  greater internalizing (β = .167, p = .03) and externalizing symptoms (β = .236,  p = .005) in late childhood. Similarly, children born to mothers who began  childbearing in adolescence were more likely to experience chronic maltreatment  during childhood and develop subsequent symptoms. Effects were found over and above  a parallel cascade from maternal maltreatment to offspring psychopathology via a  maternal depression pathway. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Findings reveal targets to prevent or  ameliorate progressions of intergenerational risk pathways.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104829",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104829"
}