A data-driven approach to categorizing early life adversity exposure in the ABCD Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adversity occurring during development is associated with detrimental health and quality of life outcomes, not just following exposure but throughout the lifespan. Despite increased research, there exists both overlapping and distinct definitions of early life adversity exposure captured by over 30 different empirically validated tools. A data-driven approach to defining and cataloging exposure is needed to better understand associated outcomes and advance the field.

Methods

We utilized baseline data on 11,566 youth enrolled in the ABCD Study to catalog youth and caregiver-reported early life adversity exposure captured across 14 different measures. We employed an exploratory factor analysis to identify the factor domains of early life adversity exposure and condu

SUBMITTER: Orendain N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10327383 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature