Resilience to Adult Psychopathology Following Childhood Maltreatment: Evidence from a Community Sample

Autor/inn/en	Collishaw, Stephan; Pickles, Andrew; Messer, Julie; Rutter, Michael; Shearer, Christina; Maughan, Barbara
Titel	Resilience to Adult Psychopathology Following Childhood Maltreatment: Evidence from a Community Sample
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 31 (2007) 3, S.211-229 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.02.004
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Well Being; Psychopathology; Personality Traits; Sexual Abuse; Mental Health; Child Abuse; Mental Disorders; Foreign Countries; Adults; Followup Studies; Peer Relationship; Family Relationship; Interpersonal Competence; Correlation; Intimacy; Jersey; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Psychopathologie; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Sexueller Missbrauch; Psychohygiene; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Ausland; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Peer-Beziehungen; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Korrelation; Intimität
Abstract	Objective: 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. Methods: Data are drawn from a follow-up of the Isle of Wight study, an epidemiological sample assessed in adolescence and at midlife. Ratings of psychiatric disorder, peer relationships and family functioning were made in adolescence; adult assessments included a lifetime psychiatric history, personality and social functioning assessments, and retrospective reports of childhood sexual and physical abuse. Results: Ten percent of individuals reported repeated or severe physical or sexual abuse in childhood. Prospective measures revealed increased rates of adolescent psychiatric disorders in this group. Rates of adult psychopathology were also high. A substantial minority of abused individuals reported no mental health problems in adult life. Resilience of this kind was related to perceived parental care, adolescent peer relationships, the quality of adult love relationships, and personality style. Conclusion: Good quality relationships across childhood, adolescence and adulthood appear especially important for adult psychological well being in the context of childhood abuse. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10