Maltreatment and trauma: tracking the connections in adolescence Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder is one of the most common and often prolonged consequences of childhood maltreatment. In this article the authors consider theories of trauma continuity, with emphasis on a relational path to maladjustment that links childhood maltreatment to elevated trauma symptomatology and intimate victimization in adolescent dating relationships.

publication date

  • April 2003