Article History
Received: 17 April 2019
Accepted: 30 May 2019
First Online: 22 June 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent procedures varied by sample. Because the maltreated youth were no longer in parental custody, the Presiding Judge of Juvenile Court granted permission for youth to be approached and invited to participate in the study. Staff who knew the youth confirmed their interest and eligibility on each day of data collection and youth provided written assent. Parents of youth in the comparison sample provided informed consent and the youth provided written assent.