Childhood experiences of abuse and neglect: links with different psychopathology symptom dimensions in a Mexican sample.

ABSTRACT: Background: The mental health impact of different forms of childhood maltreatment remains understudied in low- and middle-income countries.Objective: This study used a Mexican sample to examine the associations of five childhood maltreatment subtypes (emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, and emotional and physical neglect) with psychopathology symptoms encompassing depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress, and domains of the psychosis spectrum.Method: Participants were 1,612 adults from the general population (M_age= 30.3 years, SD_age= 8.1 years; mostly women [79.4%], with a high school education or higher [97%], currently working [55.8%] or studying [30.7%]) who completed self-report measures of depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress, posi

SUBMITTER: Sheinbaum T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12912244 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature