@article{ref1,
title="History of childhood maltreatment: associations with aggression and college outcomes",
journal="Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma",
year="2020",
author="Moore, Susannah M. and Welsh, Marilyn C. and Peterson, Eric",
volume="29",
number="1",
pages="111-128",
abstract="About one-third of college students report a history of childhood maltreatment (CM) which may lead to heightened arousal and emotional dysregulation; thus, there is reason to hypothesize problems with aggression in this population. We examined the associations between CM and aggression and the associations of each with college outcomes. Three-hundred sixty-nine college participants completed self-report questionnaires on childhood maltreatment, aggression, and college adaptation with 158 meeting criteria for CM history. For all participants, we obtained documented GPA data. <br><br>RESULTS demonstrated group differences in aspects of aggression and social and personal-emotional college adjustment. We found significant associations between CM severity and the following: aggression, GPA, and personal-emotional college adjustment. Additionally, aggression was inversely related to various aspects of college adaptation. Participants' self-reports of hostility and anger fully mediated the effect of emotional abuse on college personal-emotional adjustment, and partially mediated the effect of emotional neglect. CM severity, physical aggression and personal-emotional adjustment to college explained a larger proportion of variance in GPA in the CM group than in the Comparison group. These results indicate that a history of CM may give rise to heightened aggression contributing to low college adaptation and achievement, which may put students at risk for attrition.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1092-6771",
doi="10.1080/10926771.2019.1637989",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2019.1637989"
}