The Stress and Adversity Inventory for Adolescents (Adolescent STRAIN): associations with mental and physical health, risky behaviors, and psychiatric diagnoses in youth seeking treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous theories have posited that stressors occurring over the lifespan may exert a cumulative effect on psychological and biological processes that increase individuals' risk for a variety of mental and physical health problems. Given the difficulty associated with assessing lifetime stress exposure, however, few empirical studies have directly tested these cumulative risk models of psychopathology and human health.

Method

To address this issue, we examined the usability, acceptability, concurrent validity, and predictive validity of the recently developed Stress and Adversity Inventory for Adolescents (Adolescent STRAIN) in 338 youth (M_age  = 15.64; 229 females) seeking mental health treatment.

Results

The Adolescent STRAIN achieved high acce

SUBMITTER: Slavich GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6692180 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature