Inconsistent trauma reporting is associated with emotional and behavioural problems and psychotic experiences in young people.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the prevalence of inconsistent trauma reporting in community samples and about its associations with psychopathology. This study aimed to assess for the first time the prevalence of inconsistent trauma reporting in a community sample of children/adolescents and to explore associations with both psychotic experiences and with psychopathology more generally.

Method

A community-based sample of 86 children/adolescents (baseline mean age 11.5) were interviewed at two time points with data collected in relation to potentially traumatic events through the K-SADS. Emotional and behavioural problems were assessed at follow-up (mean age 15.7) through the Youth Self Report questionnaire while the presence of psychotic experiences was based on expert con

SUBMITTER: Burns A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6993392 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature