APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Number of Traumatic Life Events Are Associated with Psychological Symptoms in a Community Sample of Healthy Children

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Clinical Science

  • Mackenzie Mills
    Creighton University
  • Christine Embury
    UNMC
  • Alyssa Robinson
    Creighton University
  • Meredith Carson
    Creighton University
  • Brady Manker
    Creighton University
  • Maya Khanna
    Creighton University
  • Alicia Klanecky
    Creighton University
  • Jill Brown
    Creighton University
  • Vince Calhoun
    The Mind Research Network
  • Julia Stephen
    The Mind Research Network
  • Yu-Ping Wang
    Tulane University
  • Tony Wilson
    UNMC
  • Amy Badura-Brack
    Creighton University

Abstract

Number of traumatic events was positively correlated with anxiety, depression, PTSD, dissociation, anger, internalizing, externalizing, and total scores in 114 healthy, typically developing children. MANOVA revealed those with high versus low trauma reported significantly more symptomology, demonstrating that traumatic events are psychological risk factors even in non-clinical, currently healthy children.

Risk Factors

← Poster Session XII