Effects of cumulative trauma load on long-term trajectories of life satisfaction and health in a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lifetime traumatic events are known to have a detrimental long-term impact on both mental and physical health. Yet, heterogeneity in the stress response regarding well-being in adults is not well understood. This study investigates effects of cumulative trauma on latent trajectories of two indices of well-being, subjective health and life satisfaction in a large representative sample by means of latent variable modelling techniques.

Methods

Data from the pairfam study wave 2-9, a longitudinal representative survey was used (N = 10,825). Individuals reported on lifetime trauma type exposure on wave 7 and indicated levels of life satisfaction and health at each wave. Different types of latent Variable Mixture Models were applied in an iterative fashion. Conditional

SUBMITTER: Sacchi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7590721 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature