Childhood adversities and mental disorders in first-year college students: results from the World Mental Health International College Student Initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study investigates associations of several dimensions of childhood adversities (CAs) with lifetime mental disorders, 12-month disorder persistence, and impairment among incoming college students.

Methods

Data come from the World Mental Health International College Student Initiative (WMH-ICS). Web-based surveys conducted in nine countries (n = 20 427) assessed lifetime and 12-month mental disorders, 12-month role impairment, and seven types of CAs occurring before the age of 18: parental psychopathology, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, neglect, bullying victimization, and dating violence. Poisson regressions estimated associations using three dimensions of CA exposure: type, number, and frequency.

Results

Overall, 75.8% of students report

SUBMITTER: Husky MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10349206 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature