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Unpacking the Associations Among Maltreatment, Disengagement Coping, and Behavioral Functioning in High-Risk Youth.

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Milojevich, HM; Russell, MA; Quas, JA
Published in: Child maltreatment
November 2018

Given the association between child maltreatment and a host of negative behavioral consequences, there remains a need to continue to identify mechanisms underlying this association as a means of improving intervention efforts. The present study examined one potential mechanism, namely, disengagement coping. We asked 6- to 17-year-old maltreated ( n = 249) and comparison ( n = 133) youth questions about emotional experiences that induced sadness and anger, strategies they used to cope with those emotions, and behavioral functioning (i.e., behavioral problems and aggression). Maltreated adolescents reported higher levels of behavioral problems and aggression relative to comparison adolescents, and adolescents who disengaged from emotional situations reported more behavioral problems relative to those who did not disengage. Tests of mediation suggested that, for adolescent-age youth, part of the association between maltreatment status and behavioral problems was explained by disengagement. In children, maltreatment was not associated with disengagement or behavioral problems. Results have implications for understanding age-related differences in the emotional and behavioral consequences of maltreatment.

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Child maltreatment

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EISSN

1552-6119

ISSN

1077-5595

Publication Date

November 2018

Volume

23

Issue

4

Start / End Page

355 / 364

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Family Studies
  • Child Behavior
  • Child Abuse
  • Child
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Aggression
 

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Milojevich, H. M., Russell, M. A., & Quas, J. A. (2018). Unpacking the Associations Among Maltreatment, Disengagement Coping, and Behavioral Functioning in High-Risk Youth. Child Maltreatment, 23(4), 355–364. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559518778805
Milojevich, Helen M., Michael A. Russell, and Jodi A. Quas. “Unpacking the Associations Among Maltreatment, Disengagement Coping, and Behavioral Functioning in High-Risk Youth.Child Maltreatment 23, no. 4 (November 2018): 355–64. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559518778805.
Milojevich HM, Russell MA, Quas JA. Unpacking the Associations Among Maltreatment, Disengagement Coping, and Behavioral Functioning in High-Risk Youth. Child maltreatment. 2018 Nov;23(4):355–64.
Milojevich, Helen M., et al. “Unpacking the Associations Among Maltreatment, Disengagement Coping, and Behavioral Functioning in High-Risk Youth.Child Maltreatment, vol. 23, no. 4, Nov. 2018, pp. 355–64. Epmc, doi:10.1177/1077559518778805.
Milojevich HM, Russell MA, Quas JA. Unpacking the Associations Among Maltreatment, Disengagement Coping, and Behavioral Functioning in High-Risk Youth. Child maltreatment. 2018 Nov;23(4):355–364.
Journal cover image

Published In

Child maltreatment

DOI

EISSN

1552-6119

ISSN

1077-5595

Publication Date

November 2018

Volume

23

Issue

4

Start / End Page

355 / 364

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Family Studies
  • Child Behavior
  • Child Abuse
  • Child
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Aggression