Assessment of the Harmful Psychiatric and Behavioral Effects of Different Forms of Child Maltreatment

Several widely held beliefs about child abuse and neglect may be incorrect. It is most commonly assumed that some forms of abuse (eg, physical and sexual abuse) are more harmful than others (eg, emotional abuse and neglect); other assumptions are that each form of abuse has specific consequences and that the effects of abuse differ across sex and race.To determine whether widely held assumptions about child abuse and neglect are valid by testing...