Unravelling the contribution of complex trauma to psychopathology and cognitive deficits: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Complex traumas are traumatic experiences that involve multiple interpersonal threats during childhood or adolescence, such as repeated abuse. Complex traumas are hypothesized to lead to more severe psychopathology and poorer cognitive function than other non-complex traumas. However, empirical testing of this hypothesis has been limited to clinical/convenience samples and cross-sectional designs.

Aims

To investigate psychopathology and cognitive function in young people exposed to complex, non-complex, or no trauma from a population-representative longitudinal cohort, and to consider the role of pre-existing vulnerabilities.

Method

Participants were from the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study, a population-representative birth-cohort of 2,

SUBMITTER: Lewis SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7611677 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature