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factor for later behavioral problems. In focusing directly on reported maltreatment, our child protective systems may be … factor and test the resulting assumption of a direct causal relationship between early maltreatment and later behavioral … problems. The variation seen in behavioral outcomes among children reported for maltreatment early in life led us to …