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  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Cathy Spatz Widom is affiliated with the City University of New York in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and social sciences, with significant contributions to clinical psychology and related subfields such as sociology and political science, general health professions, health, and safety research.

Their main research topics include child abuse and trauma, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, homelessness and social issues, child welfare and adoption, intimate partner and family violence, homicide, infanticide, and child abuse, as well as youth substance use and school attendance.

Widom has published extensively in several scholarly journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Child Maltreatment
  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • JAMA Psychiatry
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Neuropsychology

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Widom include:

  • Objective and subjective experiences of child maltreatment and their relationships with psychopathology, 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Associations Between Objective and Subjective Experiences of Childhood Maltreatment and the Course of Emotional Disorders in Adulthood, 2023, JAMA Psychiatry
  • The Subjective Experience of Childhood Maltreatment in Psychopathology, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Childhood Maltreatment and Eating Disorders: A Prospective Investigation, 2021, Child Maltreatment
  • Childhood maltreatment, sleep disturbances, and anxiety and depression: A prospective longitudinal investigation, 2021, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Widom's frequent coauthors include:

  • Andrea Danese
  • Xuechen Li
  • Kellie Courtney
  • Magda Javakhishvili
  • Molly Maxfield

Their work has garnered recognition, including election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Burden and consequences of child maltreatment in high-income countries

    Ruth Gilbert;Cathy Spatz Widom;Kevin Browne;Kevin Browne;David Fergusson

  • The cycle of violence

    Cathy Spatz Widom

  • Does violence beget violence? A critical examination of the literature.

    Cathy S. Widom

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Abused and Neglected Children Grown Up

    Cathy Spatz Widom

  • A prospective investigation of major depressive disorder and comorbidity in abused and neglected children grown up.

    Cathy Spatz Widom;Kimberly DuMont;Sally J. Czaja

  • Long-term consequences of child abuse and neglect on adult economic well-being

    Janet Marion Currie;Cathy Spatz Widom

  • The impact of childhood abuse and neglect on adult mental health: a prospective study

    Allan V. Horwitz;Cathy Spatz Widom;Julie McLaughlin;Helene Raskin White

  • Child abuse, neglect, and adult behavior: research design and findings on criminality, violence, and child abuse.

    Cathy Spatz Widom

  • Accuracy of adult recollections of childhood victimization, Part 2: Childhood sexual abuse.

    Cathy Spatz Widom;Suzanne Morris

  • Childhood victimization and lifetime revictimization

    Cathy Spatz Widom;Sally J. Czaja;Mary Ann Dutton

  • CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND VIOLENT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR*

    Cathy Spatz Widom

  • An Update on the "Cycle of Violence." Research in Brief.

    Cathy S. Widom;Michael G. Maxfield

  • Age of onset of child maltreatment predicts long-term mental health outcomes.

    Julie B. Kaplow;Cathy Spatz Widom

  • The Cycle of Violence: Revisited 6 Years Later

    Michael G. Maxfield;Cathy Spatz Widom

  • Criminal consequences of childhood sexual victimization

    Cathy Spatz Widom;M.Ashley Ames

  • Resilience among abused and neglected children grown up.

    Jean Marie Mcgloin;Cathy Spatz Widom

  • Antisocial personality disorder in abused and neglected children grown up

    Barbara K. Luntz;Cathy Spatz Widom

  • Predictors of resilience in abused and neglected children grown-up: the role of individual and neighborhood characteristics.

    Kimberly A. DuMont;Cathy Spatz Widom;Sally J. Czaja

  • Childhood victimization and subsequent risk for promiscuity, prostitution, and teenage pregnancy: a prospective study.

    Cathy Spatz Widom;Joseph B. Kuhns

  • Childhood victimization and long-term intellectual and academic outcomes

    Cynthia M. Perez;Cathy Spatz Widom

  • "Does violence beget violence? A critical examination of the literature": Clarification of publishing history.

    Cathy Spatz Widom

Frequent Co-Authors

Helene R. White
Helene R. White Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Linda M. Brzustowicz
Linda M. Brzustowicz Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kevin D. Browne
Kevin D. Browne University of Nottingham
Mary Ann Dutton
Mary Ann Dutton Georgetown University Medical Center
Andrea Danese
Andrea Danese King's College London
David M. Fergusson
David M. Fergusson University of Otago
David P. Farrington
David P. Farrington University of Cambridge
Adrian Raine
Adrian Raine University of Pennsylvania
Brian M. Quigley
Brian M. Quigley University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Karestan C. Koenen
Karestan C. Koenen Harvard University

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