TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Immediate impact of child maltreatment on mental, developmental, and physical health trajectories
JO  - Journal of child psychology and psychiatry
A1  - Winter, Sibylle M.
A1  - Dittrich, Katja
A1  - Dörr, Peggy
A1  - Overfeld, Judith
A1  - Moebus, Imke
A1  - Murray, Elena
A1  - Karaboycheva, Gergana
A1  - Zimmermann, Christian
A1  - Knop, Andrea
A1  - Voelkle, Manuel
A1  - Entringer, Sonja
A1  - Buss, Claudia
A1  - Haynes, John-Dylan
A1  - Binder, Elisabeth B.
A1  - Heim, Christine
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The immediate impact of child maltreatment on health and developmental trajectories over time is unknown. Longitudinal studies starting in the direct aftermath of exposure with repeated follow-up are needed. <br><br>METHOD: We assessed health and developmental outcomes in 6-month intervals over 2 years in 173 children, aged 3-5 years at study entry, including 86 children with exposure to emotional and physical abuse or neglect within 6 months and 87 nonmaltreated children. Assessments included clinician-administered, self- and parent-report measures of psychiatric and behavioral symptoms, development, and physical health. Linear mixed models and latent growth curve analyses were used to contrast trajectories between groups and to investigate the impact of maltreatment features on trajectories. <br><br>RESULTS: Maltreated children exhibited greater numbers of psychiatric diagnoses (b = 1.998, p < .001), externalizing (b = 13.29, p < .001) and internalizing (b = 11.70, p < .001) symptoms, impairments in cognitive (b = -11.586, p < .001), verbal (b = -10.687, p < .001), and motor development (b = -7.904, p = .006), and greater numbers of medical symptoms (b = 1.021, p < .001) compared to nonmaltreated children across all time-points. Lifetime maltreatment severity and/or age at earliest maltreatment exposure predicted adverse outcomes over time. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The profound, immediate, and stable impact of maltreatment on health and developmental trajectories supports a biological embedding model and provides foundation to scrutinize the precise underlying mechanisms. Such knowledge will enable the development of early risk markers and mechanism-driven interventions that mitigate adverse trajectories in maltreated children.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0021-9630
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13550
ID  - ref1
ER  -