27.4 exploring mechanisms linking exposure to deprivation and threat in early childhood with adolescent psychopathology: longitudinal patterns in a national sample

The dimensional model of adversity and psychopathology (DMAP) posits deprivation and threat as distinct forms of early adversity with different paths to psychopathology. Prior work has not examined the latent structure of DMAP because of small samples and a lack of multiple indicators of deprivation and threat. Here, we examine the latent structure of DMAP in a national sample group. We hypothesized that deprivation and threat would be linked with greater adolescent psychopathology. Further, we expected that the relationship between deprivation, but not threat, and psychopathology would be explained by cognitive abilities.

Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - September 30, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Adam Bryant Miller, Laura S. Machlin, Margaret A. Sheridan Source Type: research