Article
The variance shared across forms of childhood trauma is strongly associated with liability for psychiatric and substance use disorders.
Brain and behavior - 1 Feb 2016
Kristjansson Sean, McCutcheon Vivia V, Agrawal Arpana, Lynskey Michael T, Conroy Elizabeth, Statham Dixie J, Madden Pamela A F, Henders Anjali K, Todorov Alexandre A, Bucholz Kathleen K, Degenhardt Louisa, Martin Nicholas G, Heath Andrew C, Nelson Elliot C
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Forms of childhood trauma tend to co-occur and are associated with increased risk for psychiatric and substance use disorders. Commonly used binary measures of trauma exposure have substantial limitations. METHODS: We performed multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), separately by sex, using data from the Childhood Trauma (CT) Study's sample of twins and siblings (N = 2594) to derive three...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.