Maltreatment and trauma: tracking the connections in adolescence.
Posttraumatic stress disorder is one of the most common and often prolonged consequences of childhood maltreatment. In this article the authors consider theories of trauma continuity, with emphasis on a relational path to maladjustment that links childhood maltreatment to elevated trauma symptomatology and intimate victimization in adolescent dating relationships.
Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1V6. kscott@oise.utoronto.ca
Katreena L
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Scott
David A
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Wolfe
Christine
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Wekerle
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology; D002657:Child Development; D003380:Courtship; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012307:Risk Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology