Association of adversity with psychopathology in early childhood: Dimensional and cumulative approaches.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between adversity and psychopathology in adolescents and adults is characterized by equifinality. These associations, however, have not been assessed during early childhood when psychopathology first emerges. Defining adversity using both dimensional and cumulative risk approaches, we examined whether specific types of adversity are differentially associated with psychopathology in preschool-aged children.

Methods

Measures of threat, deprivation, and total adversities (i.e., cumulative risk) were calculated based on parent-reported information for 755 2- to 5-year old children recruited from pediatric primary care clinics. Logistic regression was used to estimate cross-sectional associations between type of adversity and anxiety, depression, ADHD,

SUBMITTER: Stein CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9246999 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature