Agreement Between Prospective and Retrospective Measures of Childhood Maltreatment
Author(s) -
Jessie R. Baldwin,
Aaron Reuben,
Joanne B. Newbury,
Andrea Danese
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jama psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.531
H-Index - 365
eISSN - 2168-6238
pISSN - 2168-622X
DOI - 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.0097
Subject(s) - retrospective cohort study , psycinfo , prospective cohort study , child abuse , poison control , medicine , neglect , injury prevention , psychology , clinical psychology , pediatrics , psychiatry , medline , medical emergency , surgery , political science , law
Childhood maltreatment is associated with mental illness. Researchers, clinicians, and public health professionals use prospective or retrospective measures interchangeably to assess childhood maltreatment, assuming that the 2 measures identify the same individuals. However, this assumption has not been comprehensively tested.
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