The role of social support in reducing the long-term burden of cumulative childhood adversity on adulthood internalising disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Previous research indicates that social support is protective for the mental health outcomes of exposure to childhood adversity. However, the impact of social support as a protective factor following exposure to cumulative childhood adversity is understudied with prospective longitudinal data. The aim of this present study was to examine how social support mediates the impact of cumulative exposure to childhood adversity on internalising disorder in adulthood.

Methods

The Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS) is a general population birth cohort, born in 1977 and representative of Christchurch, New Zealand at the time of the cohort members' birth. The present study used a generalised estimating equations (GEE) framework to analyse direct associations betwe

SUBMITTER: Buchanan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11522040 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature