12 research outputs found
Trust and childhood maltreatment: evidence of bias in appraisal of unfamiliar faces
Background: Child maltreatment is associated with poorer social functioning and increased risk of mental health
problems in adolescence and adulthood, but the processes underlying these associations remain unclear. Although
crucial for establishing and maintaining relationships, trust judgements have not been experimentally investigated
in children who have experienced abuse and neglect. Methods: A community-based sample of 75 children aged 8â
16 years with maltreatment documented on the basis of social services records, and a group of 70 peers matched on
age, gender, cognitive ability, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity took part in the study. Children completed a
trustworthiness face-judgement task in which they appraised the trustworthiness of unfamiliar facial stimuli varying
along a computationally modelled trustworthiness dimension. Results: In line with clinical observations that
childhood maltreatment is associated with an atypical pattern of trust processing, children with maltreatment
experience were significantly less likely than their peers to rate unfamiliar faces as trustworthy. Moreover, they were
more variable in their trust attributions than their peers. Conclusions: The study provides compelling experimental
evidence that children with documented maltreatment perceive others as less trustworthy than their peers and are
less consistent in their estimates of trustworthiness in others. Over time, alterations in trust processing may disrupt
the development of social bonds and contribute to âsocial thinningâ (a reduction in the extent and quality of social
relationships), leaving children more vulnerable to environmental stressors, increasing risk of mental health
difficulties
Trust and childhood maltreatment: evidence of bias in appraisal of unfamiliar faces
Child maltreatment is associated with poorer social functioning and increased risk of mental health problems in adolescence and adulthood, but the processes underlying these associations remain unclear. Although crucial for establishing and maintaining relationships, trust judgements have not been experimentally investigated in children who have experienced abuse and neglect
Utility of CT scan in patients with initial negative PCR for SARS-CoV2: a report of three cases
International audiencePCR-based viral RNA to confirm the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection has a sensitivity of around 70%. We report three cases of patients with negative initial PCR and CT scan lesions that led us to suspect COVID-19, but which one(s) are really COVID-19
35.2 Trust and Childhood Maltreatment: Evidence of Bias in Appraisal of Unfamiliar Faces
Child maltreatment is associated with poorer social functioning and increased risk of mental health problems in adolescence and adulthood, but the processes underlying these associations remain unclear. Although crucial for establishing and maintaining relationships, trust judgements have not been experimentally investigated in children who have experienced abuse and neglect