Association between the childhood rearing environment and general and specific psychopathology factors in middle adulthood: a Swedish National High-Risk Home-Reared versus Adopted-Away Sibling Comparison Study.

ABSTRACT: Quasi-experimental and randomized controlled studies suggest that an enriched childhood rearing environment for at-risk individuals can reduce the risk for several psychiatric conditions. However, it remains uncertain if the reduced risk might be attributable to a general psychopathology factor common to all psychiatric conditions, versus specific psychopathology factors unique to only subsets of psychiatric conditions. In an at-risk sample, we estimated the association between an enriched childhood rearing environment and a latent bifactor model that captured both general and several specific psychopathology factors. The sample consisted of 881 full sibships where (a) the biological parents had (at least) one psychiatric diagnosis, suicide, or crime at any time in their lives, and (b) whe

SUBMITTER: Zhou M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12339380 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature