This longitudinal study explored the unique profiles of maltreatment among youth in the child
welfare system and examined their relation to mental health outcomes over time. We …

Child maltreatment is a major public health concern due to its impact on developmental
trajectories and consequences across mental and physical health outcomes …

OBJECTIVE: Up to 90% of child welfare system cases involve multiple types of maltreatment;
however, studies have rarely incorporated multiple dimensions of maltreatment. The present …

Child maltreatment is associated with internalizing and externalizing problems in
adolescents, as well as psychiatric hospitalizations, which represent severe mental health …

Maltreatment type, severity, and chronicity are predictors of poor youth outcomes, yet youth
reported perpetrators of abuse have gone largely unstudied. Little is known about variation …

This study investigated heterogeneity in the developmental trajectories of internalizing
symptoms among 541 children who were involved with the child welfare system and …

Within maltreatment research, type, frequency, and severity of abuse are often confounded
and not always specifically documented. The result is samples that are often heterogeneous …

The primary aim of the study was to investigate the development of psychobehavioral
symptoms (internalizing, externalizing, and posttraumatic stress [PTS]) of child welfare …

Objective There is a well-documented link between child maltreatment and poor health
across the lifespan. This provides a strong case for ongoing research with youth involved in …

Background While the link between maltreatment and mental illness has been largely
established, there is a need to better understand how certain types or profiles of …