Childhood Maltreatment and the Maltreatment Measurement Disagreement

Duration: 33 mins Publication Date: 19 Apr 2025 Next Review Date: 19 Apr 2028 DOI: 10.13056/acamh.13710

Description

What are the different ways in which child maltreatment is measured in research? How do different measures of maltreatment impact the relationship with psychopathology? Why are there inconsistencies in reports of maltreatment? All this and more answered as Professor Umar Toseeb interviews Dr. Oonagh Coleman about why prospective and retrospective measures of maltreatment differ.

Learning Objectives

1. A definition of maltreatment in the context of the JCPP review and the different ways in which maltreatment is measured in research.
2. How different measures of maltreatment impact the relationship with psychopathology.
3. Why there are inconsistencies in reports of maltreatment – exploring measurement, memory, and motivational factors.
4. Low test-retest reliability, source-bias, and memory biases with regards to experiences of maltreatment.
5. The influence of motivation in the inconsistencies in the reports of maltreatment.