Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment and Witnessing Arrests on Youth and Adults

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

Childhood maltreatment has been associated with many outcomes over the course of development from childhood into adulthood. Using data from a prospective cohort design study with documented cases of childhood maltreatment and demographically matched controls, this panel describes new research that focuses on three important outcomes of maltreatment in middle adulthood and late midlife, including partner violence, elder abuse, and mortality risk. Also included is a paper on the impact of witnessing family, peer, and community members arrests on youth mental health that uses cross-sectional data from a racially and ethnically diverse sample of urban youth.

Sub Unit

• Area V. Victimization / 39. Consequences of Victimization

Individual Presentations

• Pathways From Childhood Maltreatment to Intimate Partner Violence in Middle Adulthood: The Impact of Attachment Insecurity and Psychological Distress - Nina Papalia, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology; Cathy Spatz Widom, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY

• Childhood Maltreatment and Elder Abuse in Late Midlife: A Prospective Investigation - Cathy Spatz Widom, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY

• Self- and Other-Harm in the Aftermath of Childhood Maltreatment: A Longitudinal Study of Mortality Risk - Diego Diaz-Faes, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; Cathy Spatz Widom, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY

• The Consequences of Witnessing Arrests on Youth Mental Health - Gilberto Torres, City University of New York, The Graduate Center

Organized by a Division or external group?

Division of Developmental and Life Course Criminology