Raymont, Sophie; (2021) Understanding the Impact of Childhood Maltreatment on Episstemic Trust, Learning and Psychopathology Throughout the Lifespan. Doctoral thesis (D.Clin.Psy), UCL (University College London).

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Part 1presents a systematic literature review of 20 quantitative papers comparing maltreated and non-maltreated children’s performance on memory tasks involving varying degrees of interpersonal information. Findings suggest that children’s basic memory processes may be impaired when the to be remembered information contains more interpersonal content, however heterogeneity in terminology and methodology between studies impede the ability to draw firm conclusions. Part 2, which was part of a joint thesis project with MacGregor (2021), uses a novel retrospective measure of childhood maltreatment to explore the relationship between temporal characteristics of maltreatment subtypes and adult psychopathology symptomatology. The role of impaired social learning, as measured by a social learning task completed under one of four ostensive cue conditions, is also explored. Chronicity of maltreatment, and peer emotional bullying were identified as particular risk factors for adult psychopathology symptoms. Social learning was not found to mediate such associations. Part 3 provides a critical appraisal of the research process, considering the impact of completing this piece of work in the Covid-19 context, before moving on to consider the influence of previous personal clinical and research experience on the process. Implications of the research findings for future research, clinical practice, and my own career are considered.

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