NCJ Number
215396
Journal
Journal of Youth and Adolescence Volume: 35 Issue: 4 Dated: August 2006 Pages: 617-630
Date Published
August 2006
Length
14 pages
Annotation
This study examined the relationship between child maltreatment, social support, and developmental outcomes in a sample of college students.
Abstract
Supporting previous studies’ findings, perceived social support was related to higher levels of developmental achievement; received supportive behaviors did not demonstrate this relationship. Exposure to maltreatment was associated with perceptions of lesser social support and with lower levels of developmental achievement. As hypothesized, the study demonstrated that perceived social support appeared to mediate the relation between maltreatment and development. The analysis for this research tested whether social support took on a mediational role in explaining the impact of child maltreatment on developmental outcomes. The study utilized a pretest-posttest self report survey with 202 first year college students. Data were collected at two time points, once before entering college-Time 1 and once during their first year of college-Time 2, in order to assess perceived family and friend support prior to leaving the home environment and high school setting. Tables, references