Cumulative trauma and symptom complexity in children: A path analysis
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2013
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Child Abuse & Neglect
Abstract
Multiple trauma exposures during childhood are associated with a range of psychological
symptoms later in life. In this study, we examined whether the total number of different
types of trauma experienced by children (cumulative trauma) is associated with the complexity
of their subsequent symptomatology, where complexity is defined as the number
of different symptom clusters simultaneously elevated into the clinical range. Children’s
symptoms in six different trauma-related areas (e.g., depression, anger, posttraumatic
stress) were reported both by child clients and their caretakers in a clinical sample of 318
children. Path analysis revealed that accumulated exposure to multiple different trauma
types predicts symptom complexity as reported by both children and their caretakers.
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posttraumatic stress, Multiple trauma exposures, symptoms
Citation
Hodges, M., Godbout, N., Briere, J., Lanktree, C., Gilbert, A., & Kletzka, N. T. (2013). Cumulative trauma and symptom complexity in children: A path analysis. Child Abuse & Neglect, 37(11), 891-898.