Childhood adversity subtypes and depressive symptoms in early and late adolescence

dc.contributor.authorSt Clair, M. C., Croudace, T., Dunn, V. J., Jones, P. B., Herbert, J., & Goodyer, I. M.
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-25T14:29:42Z
dc.date.available2015-08-25T14:29:42Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractWithin a longitudinal study of 1,005 adolescents, we investigated how exposure to childhood psychosocial adversities was associated with the emergence of depressive symptoms between 14 and 17 years of age. The cohort was classified into four empirically determined adversity subtypes for two age periods in childhood (0–5 and 6–11 years). One subtype reflects normative/optimal family environments (n = 692, 69%), while the other three subtypes reflect differential suboptimal family environments (aberrant parenting: n = 71, 7%; discordant: n = 185, 18%; and hazardous: n = 57, 6%). Parent-rated child temperament at 14 years and adolescent self-reported recent negative life events in early and late adolescence were included in models implementing path analysis. There were gender-differentiated associations between childhood adversity subtypes and adolescent depressive symptoms. The discordant and hazardous subtypes were associated with elevated depressive symptoms in both genders but the aberrant parenting subtype only so in girls. Across adolescence the associations between early childhood adversity and depressive symptoms diminished for boys but remained for girls. Emotional temperament was also associated with depressive symptoms in both genders, while proximal negative life events related to depressive symptoms in girls only. There may be neurodevelopmental factors that emerge in adolescence that reduce depressogenic symptoms in boys but increase such formation in girls. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationSt Clair, M. C., Croudace, T., Dunn, V. J., Jones, P. B., Herbert, J., & Goodyer, I. M. (2014). Childhood adversity subtypes and depressive symptoms in early and late adolescence. Development and Psychopathology, 27(3), 885-899.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4531475/pdf/S0954579414000625a.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/2432
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDevelopment and Psychopathologyen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectlong term effectsen_US
dc.subjectpsychological effectsen_US
dc.subjectdepressionen_US
dc.subjectboysen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titleChildhood adversity subtypes and depressive symptoms in early and late adolescenceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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