Gender differences in the associations between childhood adversity and psychopathology in the general population
Issued Date
2023-01-01
Resource Type
ISSN
09337954
eISSN
14339285
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85168948110
Journal Title
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
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SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (2023)
Suggested Citation
Prachason T., Mutlu I., Fusar-Poli L., Menne-Lothmann C., Decoster J., van Winkel R., Collip D., Delespaul P., De Hert M., Derom C., Thiery E., Jacobs N., Wichers M., van Os J., Rutten B.P.F., Pries L.K., Guloksuz S. Gender differences in the associations between childhood adversity and psychopathology in the general population. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (2023). doi:10.1007/s00127-023-02546-5 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/89386
Title
Gender differences in the associations between childhood adversity and psychopathology in the general population
Author's Affiliation
Leuven Brain Institute
Departement Neurowetenschappen
King's Health Partners
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
Universiteit Gent
University Medical Center Utrecht
KU Leuven– University Hospital Leuven
Open Universiteit
Yale School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
Università degli Studi di Pavia
Universiteit Antwerpen
Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi
Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum+
Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
University Psychiatric Centre Sint-Kamillus Bierbeek
Departement Neurowetenschappen
King's Health Partners
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
Universiteit Gent
University Medical Center Utrecht
KU Leuven– University Hospital Leuven
Open Universiteit
Yale School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
Università degli Studi di Pavia
Universiteit Antwerpen
Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi
Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum+
Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
University Psychiatric Centre Sint-Kamillus Bierbeek
Other Contributor(s)
Abstract
Purpose: To explore gender differences of the associations between childhood adversity (CA) subtypes and psychiatric symptoms in the general population. Methods: Data of 791 participants were retrieved from a general population twin cohort. The Symptom Checklist-90 Revised (SCL-90) and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire were used to assess overall psychopathology with nine symptom domains scores and total CA with exposure to five CA subtypes, respectively. The associations between CA and psychopathology were analyzed in men and women separately and were subsequently compared. Results: Total CA was associated with total SCL-90 and all symptom domains without significant gender differences. However, the analyses of CA subtypes showed that the association between emotional abuse and total SCL-90 was stronger in women compared to men [χ 2(1) = 4.10, P = 0.043]. Sexual abuse was significantly associated with total SCL-90 in women, but emotional neglect and physical neglect were associated with total SCL-90 in men. Exploratory analyses of CA subtypes and SCL-90 subdomains confirmed the pattern of gender-specific associations. In women, emotional abuse was associated with all symptom domains, and sexual abuse was associated with all except phobic anxiety and interpersonal sensitivity. In men, emotional neglect was associated with depression, and physical neglect was associated with phobic anxiety, anxiety, interpersonal sensitivity, obsessive–compulsive, paranoid ideation, and hostility subdomains. Conclusion: CA is a trans-syndromal risk factor regardless of gender. However, differential associations between CA subtypes and symptom manifestation might exist. Abuse might be particularly associated with psychopathology in women, whereas neglect might be associated with psychopathology in men.