Although abuse and neglect in the early years of life have been reliably linked to poor mental health outcomes in childhood, only a few studies have examined whether the predictive significance of childhood abuse and neglect endures for symptoms of psychopathology into adulthood. Here we examined to what extent prospectively assessed child abuse and neglect is associated with self-reported symptoms of psychopathology measured from ages 23 through 39 years, controlling for early demographic covariates and self-reported symptoms of psychopathology measured at age 16 years. The sample included 140 participants from the Minnesota Longitudinal Study of Risk and Adaptation. Participants were 49% female and 69% White/non-Hispanic. At the time of their child's birth, 48% of the mothers were teenagers (M = 20.5 years, SD = 3.74), 65% were single, and 42% had completed less than a high school education. Results indicated that childhood abuse and neglect was robustly associated with symptoms of psychopathology in adulthood. Exploratory analyses focusing on specific parametrizations of abuse/neglect suggested that abuse perpetrated by maternal figures (rather than paternal or nonparental figures) was uniquely associated with high levels of self-reported symptoms of psychopathology in adulthood. We found no evidence that any subtype of abuse and/or neglect or abuse/neglect during any particular phase of development uniquely predicted symptoms of psychopathology after controlling for relevant covariates. These results highlight the long-lasting significance of childhood abuse and neglect for reports of mental health in adulthood. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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童年虐待和忽视以及自我报告的中年精神病理学症状。

尽管生命早期的虐待和忽视与儿童期不良的心理健康结果可靠相关，但只有少数研究检验了儿童期虐待和忽视的预测意义是否会持续到成年期的精神病理学症状。在这里，我们检查了前瞻性评估的虐待和忽视儿童在多大程度上与 23 至 39 岁测量的自我报告的精神病理学症状相关，控制了早期人口统计协变量和 16 岁测量的自我报告的精神病理学症状。样本包括来自明尼苏达州风险和适应纵向研究的 140 名参与者。参与者是 49% 的女性和 69% 的白人/非西班牙裔。在孩子出生时，48% 的母亲是青少年（M = 20.5 岁，SD = 3.74），65% 是单身，42% 的人完成了不到高中的教育。结果表明，儿童期的虐待和忽视与成年期的精神病理学症状密切相关。侧重于虐待/忽视的具体参数化的探索性分析表明，由母亲（而不是父亲或非父母）实施的虐待与成年期自我报告的高水平精神病理学症状独特相关。我们没有发现任何证据表明在控制相关协变量后，任何特定发育阶段的虐待和/或忽视或虐待/忽视亚型都能独特地预测精神病理学症状。这些结果突出了儿童虐待和忽视对成年期心理健康报告的长期意义。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2021 APA，保留所有权利）。