Pk. Trickett et C. Mcbridechang, THE DEVELOPMENTAL IMPACT OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF CHILD-ABUSE AND NEGLECT, Developmental review, 15(3), 1995, pp. 311-337
This paper reviews and integrates research knowledge about the impact
of different forms of child maltreatment-physical abuse, sexual abuse,
and neglect. Both the short-term impact on the child and the long-ter
m impact on the adolescent and adult are considered. A developmental p
erspective guides the review. Research studies on these forms of child
maltreatment which meet certain criteria (e.g., an appropriate compar
ison group) are reviewed with the aim of understanding how the experie
nce of child abuse or neglect interferes with development at the time
it is experienced and how it may affect the resolution of later develo
pmental processes or tasks as the individual goes through adolescence
and then adulthood. Evidence about the role of other mediating factors
such as gender and other individual difference variables, characteris
tics of the maltreatment, and family environment is also presented. Ga
ps in knowledge are noted, and recommendations are made for future res
earch. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.