title: Changes in Youth's Experiences of Child Maltreatment Across Developmental Periods in the LONGSCAN consortium.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study applied person-centered data analytic techniques to identify groups of youth with allegations for combinations of maltreatment types during preschool, early and late childhood.
  
  
  METHODS
  Latent Class Analyses were conducted using officially reported child maltreatment data for five types of maltreatment (i.e., failure-to-provide and lack-of-supervision neglect, and physical, sexual and emotional abuse) from 788 youth in a large prospective study during preschool, early, and late childhood.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three similar classes were identified during preschool and early childhood, characterized by no maltreatment allegations, allegations for neglect and emotional maltreatment, and allegations for all maltreatment types. During late childhood, four classes were identified characterized by no maltreatment allegations, mixed patterns of maltreatment allegations, physical and emotional abuse allegations, and allegations for all maltreatment types. Youth in maltreated classes were more likely to be re-victimized during subsequent developmental periods, often by similar maltreatment combinations. Youth in maltreated classes characterized by physically violent maltreatment types had higher Externalizing and Total behavior problems at each age.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings confirm the vulnerability of maltreated youth to re-victimization, particularly by similar combinations of maltreatment. They also indicate that youth's susceptibilities to specific forms of maltreatment may vary across developmental periods.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, Department of Psychiatry.
authors.forename: Miguel T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Villodas
authors.affiliation: San Diego State University, Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Alan J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Litrownik
authors.affiliation: Juvenile Protective Association.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: San Diego State University, Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Scott C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Roesch
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, School of Social Work.
authors.forename: Diana J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: English
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dubowitz
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Maternal and Child Health.
authors.forename: Jonathan B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kotch
authors.affiliation: The Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect.
authors.forename: Desmond K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Runyan
keywords: Child Abuse; Externalizing; Latent Class Analysis; Neglect