Maltreatment-related processes of emotion regulation and social understanding: A study of adolescents in care in New South Wales

Thesis

Child abuse and neglect is a significant social issue with long term consequences for affected children and young people, including increased risk of emotional and social difficulties. Models of the impacts of maltreatment outline a developmental process in which maltreating parent-child relationships affect the development of neural networks, which in turn undermine developing cognitive processes, including emotion regulation and social understanding, thereby increasing risk of emotional ...

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Authors: Gray, P

• Publication date: 2014
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: social cognition; emotion regulation; developmental psychopathology; Child maltreatment
• Subjects: Social cognition; Developmental psychology; Emotion; Experimental psychology