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Childhood adversity patterns differentially cluster with mental disorders and socioeconomic indicators in a large Swiss community sample
- Source :
- Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol 112, Iss, Pp 152282-(2022), Comprehensive psychiatry, vol. 112, pp. 152282
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2022.
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Abstract
- Background Exposure to childhood adversities (CHAD) has been found to be strongly associated with individuals' mental health and social development. Recently, it has been suggested that certain CHAD patterns exist in the population, which are more closely related to individuals' later mental health than the simple summation of adversities. The current study aims 1) to establish CHAD patterns based on self-reported child abuse and family dysfunction and 2) to assess their associations with mental disorders and sociodemographic indicators reported in adulthood. Methods Data used in this cross-sectional study were derived from the representative CoLaus/PsyCoLaus population-based cohort (N = 5111, 35 to 88 years). Latent class analysis was conducted for the identification of CHAD patterns, while their associations with mental disorders and socioeconomic achievements (e. g. education and income) were investigated using correspondence analysis. Results Four CHAD patterns emerged. While the majority (70.7%) of the sample showed an overall low adversity pattern (c1), 13.6% had not been raised by both of their biological parents due to divorce or being placed in foster home (c2), 11.0% had been raised by conflictive / dysfunctional / abusive parents (c3), and 4.7% showed high overall adversities (c4). Patterns c3 and c4 were most strongly associated with various mental disorders, especially c3 with internalizing anxiety disorders, while c2 was closely related to lower educational achievement. Conclusions Four CHAD patterns characterised by varying levels of child abuse and family dysfunction existed in this community sample. They yielded distinct associations with mental disorders and socioeconomic indicators.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Child abuse
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Child
Child Abuse
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Mental Disorders/epidemiology
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Switzerland/epidemiology
Childhood adversity
Clustering
Correspondence analysis
Domestic violence
Family dysfunction
Latent class analysis
Population
RC435-571
610 Medicine & health
Dysfunctional family
2738 Psychiatry and Mental Health
medicine
education
Socioeconomic status
Psychiatry
education.field_of_study
10093 Institute of Psychology
Mental Disorders
3203 Clinical Psychology
Mental health
Latent class model
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
10057 Klinik für Konsiliarpsychiatrie und Psychosomatik
10054 Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics
Cohort
Anxiety
medicine.symptom
Psychology
Switzerland
Demography
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol 112, Iss, Pp 152282-(2022), Comprehensive psychiatry, vol. 112, pp. 152282
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9fd5d3e9f41685be5cc7ba21e0123bfb
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-213455