TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Contamination in the prospective study of child maltreatment and female adolescent health
JO  - Journal of pediatric psychology
A1  - Shenk, Chad E.
A1  - Noll, Jennie G.
A1  - Peugh, James L.
A1  - Griffin, Amanda M.
A1  - Bensman, Heather E.
SP  - 37
EP  - 45
VL  - 41
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE:  To evaluate the impact of contamination, or the presence of child maltreatment in a comparison condition, when estimating the broad, longitudinal effects of child maltreatment on female health at the transition to adulthood.  METHODS:  The Female Adolescent Development Study (N = 514; age range: 14-19 years) used a prospective cohort design to examine the effects of substantiated child maltreatment on teenage births, obesity, major depression, and past-month cigarette use. Contamination was controlled via a multimethod strategy that used both adolescent self-report and Child Protective Services records to remove cases of child maltreatment from the comparison condition.  RESULTS:  Substantiated child maltreatment significantly predicted each outcome, relative risks = 1.47-2.95, 95% confidence intervals: 1.03-7.06, with increases in corresponding effect size magnitudes, only when contamination was controlled using the multimethod strategy.  CONCLUSIONS:  Contamination truncates risk estimates of child maltreatment and controlling it can strengthen overall conclusions about the effects of child maltreatment on female health.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-8693
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsv017
ID  - ref1
ER  -