PTSD as a mediator of the relationship between trauma and psychotic experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traumatic experiences are associated with a higher risk of psychotic illnesses, but little is known about potentially modifiable mechanisms underlying this relationship. This study aims to examine whether post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms mediate the relationship between trauma and psychotic experiences (PEs).

Methods

We used data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children to examine whether: PTSD symptoms mediate the relationships between (a) childhood trauma and adolescent PEs (study of adolescent PEs; n = 2952), and (b) childhood/adolescent trauma and PEs in early adulthood (study of adult PEs; n = 2492). We examined associations between variables using logistic regression, and mediation using the parametric g-computatio

SUBMITTER: Strelchuk D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9647519 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature