@article{ref1,
title="The association between early reports to child protective services and developmental trajectories through middle childhood",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2021",
author="Chandler, Caroline E. and Shanahan, Meghan E. and Halpern, Carolyn T.",
volume="122",
number="",
pages="e105303-e105303",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Longitudinal studies on resilience among children who have experienced maltreatment indicate that resilience is multi-dimensional. However, most research consolidates diverse developmental domains comprising resilience into a single score, which does not allow for detection of potentially heterogeneous associations between risk factors and outcomes of resilience processes. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: This study seeks to improve our understanding of the association between early child maltreatment and development through middle childhood (6-12 years) using individual domains considered to be outcomes of resilience processes. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Participants are 499 children from the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect. <br><br>METHODS: We used latent growth curve models to explore patterns of socialization and daily living skills, and internalizing and externalizing behaviors - outcomes of resilience processes - across three time points in middle childhood, and their association with early maltreatment, defined as referral to Child Protective Services (CPS) before age 6. <br><br>RESULTS: In fully adjusted models, children experiencing early maltreatment had poorer baseline scores in activities of daily living (-4.22, 95% CI [-7.38, -1.46]) and externalizing behavior (2.95, 95% CI [1.05, 4.86]), but maltreatment was not associated with change over time in these domains. However, maltreatment was associated with increases in internalizing behavior over time (0.42, 95% CI [0.06, 0.77]). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Heterogeneity in patterns of association between maltreatment and outcomes of resilience processes support the utility of examining developmental domains individually, versus as a composite, to identify specific targets for intervention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105303",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105303"
}