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Do the long-term consequences of neglect differ for children of different races and ethnic backgrounds?Cathy Spatz Widom
John Jay College, New York, NY 10019, USA
Child Maltreat 18:42-55. 2013..Understanding the factors that account for similarities and differences in consequences requires further investigation. Implications for research and policy are discussed...
A prospective investigation of physical health outcomes in abused and neglected children: new findings from a 30-year follow-upCathy Spatz Widom
Psychology Department, John Jay College, City University of New York, New York, NY 10019, USA
Am J Public Health 102:1135-44. 2012..We investigated whether abused and neglected children are at risk for negative physical health outcomes in adulthood...- A prospective investigation of borderline personality disorder in abused and neglected children followed up into adulthoodCathy Spatz Widom
John Jay College and Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, USA
J Pers Disord 23:433-46. 2009..These results call attention to a heightened risk of BPD in physically abused and neglected children and the need to consider multiple pathways to BPD... 
Long-term effects of child abuse and neglect on alcohol use and excessive drinking in middle adulthoodCathy Spatz Widom
Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 68:317-26. 2007..The purpose of this study was to determine the long-term effects of child abuse and neglect on alcohol use in middle adulthood...- An examination of pathways from childhood victimization to violence: the role of early aggression and problematic alcohol useCathy Spatz Widom
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Psychology Department, City University of New York, NY 10019, USA
Violence Vict 21:675-90. 2006..Interventions for victims of childhood maltreatment need to recognize the role of early aggressive behavior and alcohol problems as risk factors for subsequent violence... - Childhood victimization and lifetime revictimizationCathy Spatz Widom
Psychology Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice CUNY, New York, NY 10019, USA
Child Abuse Negl 32:785-96. 2008.... - A prospective examination of service use by abused and neglected children followed up into adulthoodPhilip T Yanos
Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York, NY 10019, USA
Psychiatr Serv 61:796-802. 2010.... - Child abuse and neglect, MAOA, and mental health outcomes: a prospective examinationValentina Nikulina
Department of Psychology, John Jay College, City University of New York, 899 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY 10019, USA
Biol Psychiatry 71:350-7. 2012..Both high- and low-activity allele combinations have been shown to be protective for maltreated children with direction of findings varying by study methodology and participants' sex... - Childhood victimization and crime victimizationJared Kean McIntyre
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY 10019, USA
J Interpers Violence 26:640-63. 2011..In addition, results revealed sex and race/ethnicity differences in patterns of mediation. Implications of these findings for research and practice are discussed... - Childhood victimization and illicit drug use in middle adulthoodCathy Spatz Widom
Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 20:394-403. 2006..These new results reinforce the need for targeted interventions with abused and neglected children, adolescents, and adults, and particularly for women... - A prospective investigation of major depressive disorder and comorbidity in abused and neglected children grown upCathy Spatz Widom
Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 183 S Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:49-56. 2007..Few prospective longitudinal studies have examined the relationship between abuse or neglect in childhood and depression in adulthood... - A prospective examination of the path from child abuse and neglect to illicit drug use in middle adulthood: the potential mediating role of four risk factorsHelen W Wilson
Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York, New York, NY 11231, USA
J Youth Adolesc 38:340-54. 2009..These results suggest that for women, the path from CAN to middle adulthood drug use is part of a general "problem behavior syndrome" evident earlier in life... - An examination of risky sexual behavior and HIV in victims of child abuse and neglect: a 30-year follow-upHelen W Wilson
Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York, NY 10019, USA
Health Psychol 27:149-58. 2008..This article examined links between childhood maltreatment and risky sexual behavior (early sexual contact, promiscuity, prostitution) and HIV in adulthood... - MAOA and the "cycle of violence:" childhood abuse and neglect, MAOA genotype, and risk for violent and antisocial behaviorCathy Spatz Widom
Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, 07103, USA
Biol Psychiatry 60:684-9. 2006.... - Long-term consequences of child abuse and neglect on adult economic well-beingJanet Currie
Department of Economics, Columbia University, John Jay College, City University of New York, NY 10027, USA
Child Maltreat 15:111-20. 2010..Maltreatment appears to affect men and women differently, with larger effects for women than men. These new findings demonstrate that abused and neglected children experience large and enduring economic consequences... - Childhood maltreatment and illicit drug use in middle adulthood: the role of neighborhood characteristicsPreeti Chauhan
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019, USA
Dev Psychopathol 24:723-38. 2012..Overall, child abuse and neglect places children on a negative trajectory that dynamically influences negative outcomes at multiple levels into middle adulthood... - The role of childhood neglect and childhood poverty in predicting mental health, academic achievement and crime in adulthoodValentina Nikulina
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, USA
Am J Community Psychol 48:309-21. 2011..While interventions should be developed for neglected children to prevent negative outcomes, the current findings suggest that it is also important to consider the ecological context in which these children are growing up... - Reactions to research participation in vulnerable subgroupsCathy Spatz Widom
Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, 183 South Orange Avenue, BHSB F1406, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
Account Res 12:115-38. 2005..These results suggest that researchers and institutional review boards should not be deterred from conducting research on sensitive topics with potentially vulnerable populations... - Age of onset of child maltreatment predicts long-term mental health outcomesJulie B Kaplow
Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, NJ, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 116:176-87. 2007..Implications for the assessment of maltreated children, the prevention of adult psychopathology, and the classification of age of maltreatment onset are discussed... - Development and validation of a new instrument to assess lifetime trauma and victimization historyCathy Spatz Widom
Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07107, USA
J Trauma Stress 18:519-31. 2005..The LTVH demonstrates good predictive, criterion-related, and convergent validity and a high level of agreement between earlier and current reports of certain types of traumas... - The case for prospective longitudinal studies in child maltreatment research: commentary on Dube, Williamson, Thompson, Felitti, and Anda (2004)Cathy Spatz Widom
Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, 183 South Orange Avenue, BHSB F1406, Newark, NJ 07107, USA
Child Abuse Negl 28:715-22. 2004 - Does childhood victimization increase the risk of early death? A 25-year prospective studyHelene Raskin White
Center for Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
Child Abuse Negl 27:841-53. 2003..Abuse and neglect have been shown to influence the mental and physical health of children; however, few studies have examined whether childhood victimization leads to an increased risk of early death... - Predictors of resilience in abused and neglected children grown-up: the role of individual and neighborhood characteristicsKimberly A DuMont
Bureau of Evaluation and Research, New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Rensselaer, NY, USA
Child Abuse Negl 31:255-74. 2007.... - Childhood abuse and neglect and adult intimate relationships: a prospective studyRebecca A Colman
The Research Foundation, The University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA
Child Abuse Negl 28:1133-51. 2004.... - Childhood victimization and alcohol symptoms in women: an examination of protective factorsAmie M Schuck
Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
J Stud Alcohol 64:247-56. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Interventions to improve educational achievement and to increase feelings of self-efficacy (possibly through empowerment programs) may be effective in reducing alcohol problems in women abused and neglected as children... - Three potential mediators of the effects of child abuse and neglect on adulthood substance use among womenHelene Raskin White
Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 607 Allison Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 8001, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 69:337-47. 2008..This study examined mechanisms that might account for the association between early childhood abuse and neglect, and substance use and related problems in adulthood for women... - Congruence between adolescents' self-reports and their adult retrospective reports regarding parental discipline practices during their adolescenceHelene Raskin White
Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies, Piscataway, NJ 08854 8001, USA
Psychol Rep 101:1079-94. 2007..Research is needed to identify how best to obtain accurate histories of childhood maltreatment... - Understanding the role of neighborhood context in the long-term criminal consequences of child maltreatmentAmie M Schuck
Department of Criminal Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
Am J Community Psychol 36:207-22. 2005..These results suggest that studying the interaction between family functioning and neighborhood conditions provides a more comprehensive understanding of offending than does studying each factor separately... - Diverse research on alcohol and aggression in humans: in memory of John A. CarpenterPeter R Giancola
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506 0044, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 27:198-208. 2003..Finally, Kenneth E. Leonard presented data on personal and contextual factors influencing alcohol-related barroom violence...