Latent profiles of childhood psychological maltreatment and their links to adult mental health in China and the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Though links between childhood maltreatment and mental health have been established, little known about how specific types of childhood maltreatment tend to cluster and how the resulting patterns of exposure impact mental health outcomes.

Method

The current study used latent profile analyses in Chinese (N = 544) and UK (N = 589) samples to identify childhood psychological maltreatment profiles (i.e., profiles of psychological abuse, psychological neglect, and psychological non-support) in different country contexts, and their associations with a range of mental health (i.e., depression, anxiety, anger, physical aggression, verbal aggression, and hostility), and broader well-being (i.e., self-esteem) outcomes. Unadjusted as well as analyses adjusted for adverse chi

SUBMITTER: Xiao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9960471 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature