Chiara Causier, Louise Johns, Jerica Radez, Hibah Hassan, Daniel Maughan, Felicity Waite
Experiences of Help-Seeking for Severe Mental Health Problems in Young Pakistani Women: A Preliminary Qualitative Study
Journal of cross-cultural psychology
childhood adversity detrimental impacts life course mental physical health timing nature severity chronicity adversity thought explain much variability health developmental outcomes among exposed individuals current study seeks characterize heterogeneity adverse experiences time individual family neighborhood domains cohort predominantly black children 85 black 15 white 462 girls 672 freereduced lunch first grade examine associations mental health sixth grade age 26 participants part randomized universal preventive interventions trial first grade prospective followup early adulthood separate models characterized heterogeneity adversity elementary middle high schools changes adversity time relationships mental health anxiety depression suicidal behaviors investigated using randomintercept latent transition analysis rilta identified threeclass solutions early childhood middle school high school generally higher lower polyadversity class observed time point varying nature adversity characterized third class rilta indicated prevalent withinindividual changes adverse exposure time differential associations mental health suicidal behaviors results suggest treating adverse exposures static construct may limit ability characterize salient variation time identifying complexity adverse experiences relation health wellbeing key developing implementing effective prevention early intervention efforts mitigate negative effects life course psycinfo database record c 2024 apa rights reserved