Early life trauma predicts self-reported levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms in nonclinical community adults: Relative contributions of early life stressor types and adult trauma exposure

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-32

  Chu, Denise A ^a   Williams, Leanne M ^a   Harris, Anthony W F ^a   Bryant, Richard A ^a,b   Gatt, Justine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult trauma; Anxiety; Depression; Early life stressors; Gender; Nonclinical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVORCE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGLECT; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84869866580     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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