Childhood Adversity Trajectories and Violent Behaviors in Adolescence and Early Adulthood.

ABSTRACT: Violence and other antisocial behaviors, including fighting and weapon carrying, are highly prevalent among adolescents but usually decrease in young adulthood. Childhood adversities, including exposure to abuse, intimate partner violence, and household substance use and mental health problems, have been linked to violent behaviors in adolescence and adulthood. However, few studies of childhood adversity as determinants of persistent violent behavior among community-based samples have been conducted. Furthermore, the effects of adversity timing and duration on subsequent violent behaviors are unclear. We examined the association between five childhood adversity trajectories (representing stable-low, stable-mild, decreasing, increasing, and stable-high adversity from birth through age 11.5

SUBMITTER: Salo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8521560 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature