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Resiliency in Maltreated Children

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Child abuse is a pervasive societal problem, with nearly one million substantiated reports of child maltreatment each year (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001), many reported cases of actual abuse that are not verified (Kaufman & Zigler, 1996), and countless other cases that are never brought to the attention of authorities (Wolfner & Gelles, 1993). Extant research has identified a host of negative sequelae associated with child maltreatment, including deficits in interpersonal relationships, affect regulation, and self-development (Beeghly & Cicchetti, 1994; Crittenden, 1992; Egeland & Sroufe, 1981; Maughan & Cicchetti, 2002), as well as increased rates of multiple psychiatric diagnoses (Ammerman, Cassisi, Hersen, & Van Hasselt, 1986; Cicchetti & Carlson, 1989; Cicchetti & Toth, 1995; Egeland, Sroufe, & Erickson, 1983). Although not all abused children develop difficulties, many experience a chronic course of psychopathology, with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and behavioral disorders constituting the common psychiatric sequelae of maltreatment reported in children (Briere, Berliner, Bulkley, Jenny, & Reid, 1996; Chu & Dill, 1990; de la Vega, de la Osa, Ezpeleta, Granero, & Domènech, 2011; Famularo, Kinscherff, & Fenton, 1992; Kaufman, 1991; McLeer, Callaghan, Henry, & Wallen, 1994; Pynoos, Steinberg, & Wraith, 1995) and adults (Springer, Sheridan, Kuo, & Carnes, 2007; Windle, Windle, Scheidt, & Miller, 1995).

An erratum to this chapter is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3661-4_30

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