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Dimensionality of Early Adversity and Associated Behavioral and Emotional Symptoms: Data from a Sample of Japanese Institutionalized Children and Adolescents

Dimensionality of Early Adversity and Associated Behavioral and Emotional Symptoms: Data from a Sample of Japanese Institutionalized Children and Adolescents
Dimensionality of Early Adversity and Associated Behavioral and Emotional Symptoms: Data from a Sample of Japanese Institutionalized Children and Adolescents
Recent approaches have begun to identify common variance across co-occurring childhood adversities (CAs) and their associations with symptoms of psychopathology. However, few studies have investigated these questions in high-risk samples, and in different cultural contexts. This study examined common variance amongst 18 types of CAs and associated symptomatology in 457 children and adolescents living in 24 residential homes in Japan. Principal component analysis identified four significant components that explained 35.1% of the variance: parental abuse, parental psychosocial risks, parental absence, and parental neglect. Path analysis revealed general as well as differential associations with negative outcomes: parental abuse, parental neglect, and parental psychosocial risks significantly associated with conduct problems, whereas parental abuse uniquely associated with peer problems, and parental neglect with hyperactivity/inattention. As well as confirming prior knowledge, these findings also extended understanding of these associations to a new cultural context. Future studies should take into account the multidimensional nature when assessing CAs.
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425-438
Zhang, Yuning
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Cecil, Charlotte
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Barker, Edward
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Barker, Edward
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Zhang, Yuning, Cecil, Charlotte, Barker, Edward, Mori, Shigeyuki and Lau, Jennifer (2019) Dimensionality of Early Adversity and Associated Behavioral and Emotional Symptoms: Data from a Sample of Japanese Institutionalized Children and Adolescents. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 50 (3), 425-438. (doi:10.1007/s10578-018-0850-4).

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Abstract

Recent approaches have begun to identify common variance across co-occurring childhood adversities (CAs) and their associations with symptoms of psychopathology. However, few studies have investigated these questions in high-risk samples, and in different cultural contexts. This study examined common variance amongst 18 types of CAs and associated symptomatology in 457 children and adolescents living in 24 residential homes in Japan. Principal component analysis identified four significant components that explained 35.1% of the variance: parental abuse, parental psychosocial risks, parental absence, and parental neglect. Path analysis revealed general as well as differential associations with negative outcomes: parental abuse, parental neglect, and parental psychosocial risks significantly associated with conduct problems, whereas parental abuse uniquely associated with peer problems, and parental neglect with hyperactivity/inattention. As well as confirming prior knowledge, these findings also extended understanding of these associations to a new cultural context. Future studies should take into account the multidimensional nature when assessing CAs.

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Accepted/In Press date: 1 October 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 27 October 2018
Published date: 15 June 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 443068
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/443068
ISSN: 0009-398X
PURE UUID: 8630bf7c-ee83-497e-b9b8-d3f17b624088
ORCID for Yuning Zhang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2225-6368

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Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:59

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Author: Yuning Zhang ORCID iD
Author: Charlotte Cecil
Author: Edward Barker
Author: Shigeyuki Mori
Author: Jennifer Lau

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