Psychological medicine
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Psychological medicine · Nov 2015
Randomized Controlled TrialLatent classes of childhood trauma exposure predict the development of behavioral health outcomes in adolescence and young adulthood.
To develop latent classes of exposure to traumatic experiences before the age of 13 years in an urban community sample and to use these latent classes to predict the development of negative behavioral outcomes in adolescence and young adulthood. ⋯ Classes of childhood traumatic experiences predict specific psychiatric and behavioral outcomes in adolescence and young adulthood. The long-term adverse effects of childhood traumas are primarily concentrated in victims of sexual and non-sexual violence. Gender emerged as a key covariate in the classes of trauma exposure and outcomes.