The prevalence of potentially traumatic events in childhood and adolescence

This paper examines exposure to potentially traumatic events from middle childhood through adolescence, and vulnerability to such exposure. Analyses are based on the first 4 annual waves of data from a longitudinal general population study of youth in western North Carolina, involving 4,965 intervie...

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Published in:Journal of traumatic stress 2002-04, Vol.15 (2), p.99-112
Main Authors: Costello, E. Jane, Erkanli, Alaattin, Fairbank, John A., Angold, Adrian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child clinical studies
children
Female
Follow-Up Studies
high magnitude events
Humans
low magnitude events
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Models, Psychological
Prevalence
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
traumatic events
vulnerability
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Summary:This paper examines exposure to potentially traumatic events from middle childhood through adolescence, and vulnerability to such exposure. Analyses are based on the first 4 annual waves of data from a longitudinal general population study of youth in western North Carolina, involving 4,965 interviews with 1,420 children and adolescents and their parents or guardians. Participants reported on DSM extreme stressors (“high magnitude events”), other potentially traumatic events (“low magnitude events”), and background vulnerability factors. In this general population sample, one‐quarter experienced at least one high magnitude event by age 16, 6% within the past 3 months. One third experienced a low magnitude event in the past 3 months. The likelihood of such exposure increased with the number of vulnerability factors.
ISSN:0894-9867
1573-6598
DOI:10.1023/A:1014851823163