Skip to Main Content
 

Global Search Box

 
 
 

ETD Abstract Container

Abstract Header

An analysis of outcomes in maltreated youth: The transmission of neighborhood risk through caregiver aggression and depression

Amrhein, Kelly E
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1462919930

Abstract Details

2016, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Clinical.
Resilience to childhood maltreatment, or the ability of children to make a "good" adjustment despite the odds (Kerig, Ludlow, & Wenar, 2012), has gained widespread attention in the child maltreatment literature. Although individual child and caregiver factors that contribute to the development of resilience have been thoroughly examined, other factors have received less attention in the resilience literature, such as the neighborhood in which the maltreated child resides. The current study used path analysis to examine how neighborhood collective efficacy influences caregiver depression and aggression, which in turn were expected to influence the youth outcomes of internalizing, externalizing, delinquency, substance use, and education/employment over time. The overall proposed model did not provide an adequate fit for the data. However, two sub-models including aggression and depression as the sole mediators provided adequate fit, though the parameter estimates were not significant in these models. Despite this outcome, several interesting findings emerged. Neighborhood collective efficacy at age 12 was not correlated with any youth outcomes at age 18. Finally, caregiver psychological aggression, but not physical aggression, was positively associated with youth outcomes at age 18. Directions for future research and implications for policies are discussed.
Carolyn Tompsett (Advisor)
Eric Dubow (Committee Member)
Marie Tisak (Committee Member)
Danielle Kuhl (Other)
93 p.
Psychology
childhood maltreatment; collective efficacy; aggression; depression; parents; path analysis; delinquency; substance use; externalizing; internalizing; education; employment; outcomes; longitudinal

Recommended Citations

Citations

  • Amrhein, K. E. (2016). An analysis of outcomes in maltreated youth: The transmission of neighborhood risk through caregiver aggression and depression [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1462919930

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Amrhein, Kelly. An analysis of outcomes in maltreated youth: The transmission of neighborhood risk through caregiver aggression and depression. 2016. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1462919930.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Amrhein, Kelly. "An analysis of outcomes in maltreated youth: The transmission of neighborhood risk through caregiver aggression and depression." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1462919930

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

bgsu1462919930
639
© 2016, some rights reserved.Creative Commons License An analysis of outcomes in maltreated youth: The transmission of neighborhood risk through caregiver aggression and depression by Kelly E Amrhein is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
This open access ETD is published by Bowling Green State University and OhioLINK.