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040 _aAFVC
100 _aBell, Caroline J.
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245 _aChildhood abuse and psychotic experiences in adulthood :
_bfindings from a 35-year longitudinal study
_cCaroline J. Bell, James A. Foulds, L. John Horwood, Roger T. Mulder and Joseph M. Boden
260 _bCambridge University Press,
_c2018
500 _aBritish Journal of Psychiatry, 2018, Advance online publication, 27 November 2018
520 _aBackground: The extent to which exposure to childhood sexual and physical abuse increases the risk of psychotic experiences in adulthood is currently unclear. Aims: To examine the relationship between childhood sexual and physical abuse and psychotic experiences in adulthood taking into account potential confounding and time-dynamic covariate factors. Method: Data were from a cohort of 1265 participants studied from birth to 35 years. At ages 18 and 21, cohort members were questioned about childhood sexual and physical abuse. At ages 30 and 35, they were questioned about psychotic experiences (symptoms of abnormal thought and perception). Generalised estimating equation models investigated covariation of the association between abuse exposure and psychotic experiences including potential confounding factors in childhood (socioeconomic disadvantage, adverse family functioning) and time-dynamic covariate factors (mental health, substance use and life stress). Results: Data were available for 962 participants; 6.3% had been exposed to severe sexual abuse and 6.4% to severe physical abuse in childhood. After adjustment for confounding and time-dynamic covariate factors, those exposed to severe sexual abuse had rates of abnormal thought and abnormal perception symptoms that were 2.25 and 4.08 times higher, respectively than the ‘no exposure’ group. There were no significant associations between exposure to severe physical abuse and psychotic experiences. Conclusions: Findings indicate that exposure to severe childhood sexual (but not physical) abuse is independently associated with an increased risk of psychotic experiences in adulthood (particularly symptoms of abnormal perception) and this association could not be fully accounted for by confounding or time-dynamic covariate factors. (Authors' abstract). Record #6082
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_aADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE
650 5 _aADULT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE
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650 _aCHILD ABUSE
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650 _aCHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
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_aChristchurch Health and Development Study
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_aLONGITUDINAL STUDIES
650 _aMENTAL HEALTH
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650 _aPHYSICAL ABUSE
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_aPSYCHOTIC DISORDERS
651 4 _aNEW ZEALAND
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700 _aFoulds, James A.
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_aHorwood, Leonard John
700 _aMulder, Roger T.
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700 _aBoden, Joseph M.
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773 0 _tBritish Journal of Psychiatry, 2018, Advance online publication, 27 November 2018
830 _aBritish Journal of Psychiatry
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856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2018.264
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