Profiles of childhood trauma: Betrayal, frequency, and psychological distress in late adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

With an emphasis on betrayal trauma, this study used latent profile analysis to examine how childhood traumas co-occur and whether trauma patterns differentially predicted psychological distress.

Method

A community sample of 806 adolescents and young adults participated. Youths reported their trauma histories, and lifetime DSM-IV disorders were assessed using a structured diagnostic interview.

Results

Latent profile analysis yielded 5 profiles: high betrayal trauma physical violence and emotional abuse (HBTPE), high betrayal trauma sexual and emotional abuse (HBTSE), low betrayal trauma (LBT), parent death (PD), and a no/low trauma profile. Logistic regression analyses compared youths in the no/low trauma profile to those in the trauma profiles. Youths in th

SUBMITTER: Gamache Martin C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4767667 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature