Child maltreatment and cognitive and academic functioning in two generations
CONCLUSION: These results challenge assumptions that childhood maltreatment directly causes deficits in cognitive and academic functioning. Policy makers and practitioners may need to rethink the design of interventions to improve the cognitive and academic functioning of maltreated children.PMID:33636490 | DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105011
Source: Child Abuse and Neglect - Category: Child Development Authors: Jacqueline Horan Fisher Cathy Spatz Widom Source Type: research