Background Childhood maltreatment (CM), including physical, emotional, and sexual
maltreatment, is detrimental to adolescents' psychological and behavioral outcomes …

Introduction Although previous studies have demonstrated high intercorrelations among
deviant peer affiliation, substance use, externalizing and internalizing symptoms in …

Child mental health researchers often focus on interventions that improve externalizing
problems (ie, disruptive, aggressive, and impulsive behaviors), due to the relationship …

Prosocial behavior plays a vital role in adolescents' well-being and social functioning, with
the recall of early emotional experiences being a major influence. Positive experiences such …

Background Limited research has explored the course of harsh parenting practices
throughout childhood and adolescence and its impact on socioemotional competences from …

This study examined patterns of peer affiliations and their associations with child
maltreatment, substance use, and future expectations. This study focused on 844 …

Despite the well-established relationship between early experiences of victimization and
later re-victimization, little is known about the exact mechanism of this cycle of victimization …

The present study evaluated the effect of childhood maltreatment on the prosocial behavior
of Chinese university students, with a focus on the mediation effects of social support and …

A substantial proportion of children suffer multiple episodes of maltreatment over a
prolonged period. The cumulative risk of maltreatment is critical to understanding both the …

The current study investigated how maternal, paternal, and peer social relationships predict
adolescent behavioral problems using secondary data analyses of the Longitudinal Studies …