Resilience to adult psychopathology following childhood maltreatment: Evidence from a community sample
Child Abuse & Neglect, Volume 31, Issue 3, March 2007, Pages 211-229
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Stephan Collishaw, Andrew Pickles, Julie Messer, Michael Rutter, Christina Shearer and Barbara Maughan
"Child abuse is an important risk for adult psychiatric morbidity. However, not all maltreated children experience mental health problems as adults. The aims of the present study were to address the extent of resilience to adult psychopathology in a representative community sample, and to explore predictors of a good prognosis.
Conclusion: Good quality relationships across childhood, adolescence and adulthood appear especially important for adult psychological well being in the context of childhood abuse."
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