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- Title
Accumulated childhood trauma and symptom complexity.
- Authors
Briere, John; Kaltman, Stacey; Green, Bonnie L.
- Abstract
The relationship between accumulated exposure to different types of traumatic events (cumulative trauma) in childhood and the total number of different types of symptomatology reported (symptom complexity) in adulthood was examined in a sample of 2,453 female university students. There was a linear relationship between the number of trauma types experienced by participants before 18 and symptom complexity. This effect remained even when controlling for specific traumatic events, suggesting a generalized effect of cumulative trauma.
- Subjects
POST-traumatic stress disorder in children; SYMPTOMS; CHILDREN'S health; HEALTH of adults; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; MENTAL health; WOMEN college students' health; CHILD psychopathology; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
- Publication
Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2008, Vol 21, Issue 2, p223
- ISSN
0894-9867
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jts.20317