Investigating the role of childhood maltreatment and witnessing intimate partner violence on childhood behaviour and mental health.

摘要: The aim of this thesis was to investigate the role childhood maltreatment (CM) and witnessing intimate partner violence (W.IPV) on behaviour mental health (MH). complex interaction risk, protection mediating factors are considered in ecological model (Bronfenbrenner, 1979). Part I provides a systematic examination literature. Chapter 1 strengths weaknesses existing meta-analytical reviews association between sexual abuse adult psychopathology. This highlighted need address issues study validity. 2 link CM behavioural emotional difficulties, concluding that same vulnerability these difficulties exists as adulthood. structure for understanding how combination contextual levels influences child’s vulnerability. II investigates relationship MH outcomes. 3 examines effect and/or W.IPV community sample, highlighting properties emotion regulation pro-social behaviour. In clinical concurrent W.IPV/CM associated with more adverse outcomes at pre-treatment (Chapters 4,5,7) post-treatment (Chapter 5), well recurrent re-referrals services 6). Parental nationality 4, maternal economic/housing 5, 6), peer friendship 6) were consistently found have short-term, rather than long-term effect, well-being. results discussed terms policies practical implications future research.