The Echoes of Trauma: How Maternal Maltreatment Alters Facial Emotion Processing Across Generations
: "Maternal maltreatment" encompasses both physical abuse and emotional neglect. While physical abuse often leads to an over-identification of anger, emotional neglect can result in a diminished ability to distinguish between different positive or neutral emotions, leading to social withdrawal or difficulty in forming secure attachments. facialabuse+facial+abuse+maternal+maltreatm
The very young are exceptionally vulnerable to craniofacial and head injury. In the landmark hospital study cited earlier, more than half of the children (52.9 percent) in the abuse files were in the 0-to-4 year age group. This is consistent with medical literature that found 49 percent of soft tissue injuries in abused infants and 38 percent in toddlers involve the head or face. The Echoes of Trauma: How Maternal Maltreatment Alters
Cicchetti, D., & Toth, S. L. (2003). Child maltreatment: A developmental psychopathology perspective. In M. Lewis & A. J. Sameroff (Eds.), Handbook of developmental psychopathology (pp. 509-526). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. In the landmark hospital study cited earlier, more
: Detailed forensic photography and dental exams are critical for legal proceedings and ensuring the child's immediate safety. Support Services