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dc.contributor.authorConnor, Daniel F.
dc.contributor.authorDoerfler, Leonard A.
dc.contributor.authorVolungis, Adam M.
dc.contributor.authorSteingard, Ron
dc.contributor.authorMelloni, Richard H.
dc.date2022-08-11T08:10:25.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T17:07:53Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T17:07:53Z
dc.date.issued2003-12-01
dc.date.submitted2013-05-24
dc.identifier.citation<p>Connor, D. F., Doerfler, L. A., Volungis, A. M., Steingard, R. J., & Melloni, R. H. (2003), Aggressive Behavior in Abused Children. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1008: 79–90. doi: 10.1196/annals.1301.009</p>
dc.identifier.issn0077-8923
dc.identifier.doi10.1196/annals.1301.009
dc.identifier.pmid14998874
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/45451
dc.description.abstractOur objective was to investigate the relationship between a lifetime history of traumatic stress, defined as physical and/or sexual abuse and aggression and psychosocial functioning in a sample of clinically referred and nonclinically referred children and adolescents. This is a retrospective case comparison study. Three groups of children were identified, assessed, matched for age, and partially matched for gender. Children clinically referred to residential treatment with a history of abuse (N = 29) were compared with children clinically referred to residential treatment without a history of abuse (N = 29), and a nonclinical group of children residing in the community (N = 29). Variables investigating specific types of aggression, IQ, and psychopathology were assessed across the three groups. Clinically referred children scored worse on all measures compared with nonclinical community children. Clinically referred abused children scored higher on measures of aggression and significantly higher on measures of reactive aggression and verbal aggression than clinically referred nonabused children. Clinically referred abused children had significantly lower verbal IQ scores than clinically referred nonabused children, but no difference in psychopathology. Results support the importance of assessing specific types of aggression in samples of traumatized youths. Verbal information processing may be especially vulnerable in abused children and adolescents and enhance vulnerability to aggressive responding.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNew York Academy of Sciences
dc.relation<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14998874&dopt=Abstract">Link to article in PubMed</a>
dc.relation.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1196/annals.1301.009
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectAggression
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectChild Abuse
dc.subjectChild Abuse, Sexual
dc.subjectChild Behavior Disorders
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectIntelligence
dc.subjectIntelligence Tests
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectQuestionnaires
dc.subjectReferral and Consultation
dc.subjectResidential Treatment
dc.subjectRetrospective Studies
dc.subjectSeverity of Illness Index
dc.subjectSocial Behavior Disorders
dc.subjectStress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
dc.subjectMental and Social Health
dc.subjectPsychiatric and Mental Health
dc.subjectPsychiatry
dc.subjectPsychiatry and Psychology
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.titleAggressive behavior in abused children
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences
dc.source.volume1008
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_cmhsr/608
dc.identifier.contextkey4172759
html.description.abstract<p>Our objective was to investigate the relationship between a lifetime history of traumatic stress, defined as physical and/or sexual abuse and aggression and psychosocial functioning in a sample of clinically referred and nonclinically referred children and adolescents. This is a retrospective case comparison study. Three groups of children were identified, assessed, matched for age, and partially matched for gender. Children clinically referred to residential treatment with a history of abuse (N = 29) were compared with children clinically referred to residential treatment without a history of abuse (N = 29), and a nonclinical group of children residing in the community (N = 29). Variables investigating specific types of aggression, IQ, and psychopathology were assessed across the three groups. Clinically referred children scored worse on all measures compared with nonclinical community children. Clinically referred abused children scored higher on measures of aggression and significantly higher on measures of reactive aggression and verbal aggression than clinically referred nonabused children. Clinically referred abused children had significantly lower verbal IQ scores than clinically referred nonabused children, but no difference in psychopathology. Results support the importance of assessing specific types of aggression in samples of traumatized youths. Verbal information processing may be especially vulnerable in abused children and adolescents and enhance vulnerability to aggressive responding.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathpsych_cmhsr/608
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychiatry
dc.source.pages79–90


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