TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - The impact of emotional abuse on psychological distress among child protective services-involved adolescents with borderline-to-mild intellectual disability
JO  - Journal of child and adolescent trauma
A1  - Weiss, Jonathan A.
A1  - Waechter, Randall
A1  - Wekerle, Christine
A1  - Team, MAP Research
SP  - 142
EP  - 159
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
N2  - Childhood maltreatment is a robust contributing factor to mental health problems in adolescents. The current study examines the impact of childhood emotional abuse on adolescent psychological distress in 48 youths with borderline-to-mild intellectual disability, as compared to 117 peers with average intellectual functioning. Both emotional abuse and intellectual functioning predicted the severity of youth psychological distress. Childhood emotional abuse has an impact on adolescent distress, and maltreated child welfare-involved youth with lower IQ levels may be more vulnerable to distress than youth with average IQ. This raises a question regarding the detection of subtle manifestations of intellectual disability and the need to attend to mental health within this subpopulation receiving child welfare services.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1936-1521
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19361521.2011.574677
ID  - ref1
ER  -