Childhood Emotional Abuse: Mediating and Moderating Processes Affecting Long-Term Impact

by Wright; Margaret O'doug

• ISBN13: 9780789037121
• ISBN10: 0789037122
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2008-04-14
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Childhood Emotional Abuse: Mediating and Moderating Processes Affecting Long-Term Impact provides the latest new data on processes underlying the long-term effects of psychological and emotional abuse. This comprehensive book presents cutting edge research that focuses on the who, why, and how of emotional abuse and its negative impact across the life span. This valuable resource combines theory and research in exploring important mediators and moderators of the long-term impact of child emotional abuse. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

About the Contributors	p. xvii
Introduction
The Long-Term Impact of Emotional Abuse in Childhood: Identifying Mediating and Moderating Processes	p. 1
The Developmental Consequences of Child Emotional Abuse: A Neurodevelopmental Perspective	p. 9
Cardiovascular Correlates of Interpersonal Mistreatment in Healthy Adults	p. 35
Emotional Maltreatment and Verbal Victimization in Childhood: Relation to Adults' Depressive Cognitions and Symptoms	p. 59
The Impact of Childhood Psychological Abuse on Adult Interpersonal Conflict: The Role of Early Maladaptive Schemas and Patterns of Interpersonal Behavior	p. 75
The Impact of Childhood Psychological Maltreatment on Interpersonal Schemas and Subsequent Experiences of Relationship Aggression	p. 93
Childhood Psychological Maltreatment and Quality of Marriage: The Mediating Role of Psychological Distress	p. 117
Index	p. 143
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