Childhood Adversity and Adult Outcomes: Distinct Effects of Threat and Deprivation Dimensions

Poster Session V

Keyword: Childhood Adversity

Abstract: Data from the Berkeley Girls with ADHD Longitudinal Study were analyzed using Principal Component Analysis to align Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) with threat and deprivation components from the Dimensional Model of Adversity and Psychopathology. Threat strongly predicted adult internalizing and externalizing symptoms; deprivation showed no significant associations, warranting further study.

• Rosaline Qi (Presenting Author)
• Phuc Nguyen (Author)
• Andrew Alvarez (Author)
• Stephen Hinshaw (Author)