Journal article
Does substantiated childhood maltreatment lead to poor quality of life in young adulthood? Evidence from an Australian birth cohort study
Quality of life research, Vol.26(7), pp.1697-1702
07/2017
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-017-1517-5
PMID: 28236264
Abstract
To examine the independent effect of single and multiple forms of substantiated childhood maltreatment (CM) on quality of life (QoL), controlling for selected potential confounders and/or covariates, and concurrent depressive symptoms.
We used data from a prospective pre-birth cohort of 8556 mothers recruited consecutively during their first antenatal clinic visit at the Mater Hospital from 1981 to 1983 in Brisbane, Australia. The data were linked to substantiated cases of CM reported to the child protection government agency up to the age of 14 years. The sample consisted of 3730 (49.7% female) young adults for whom there were complete data on QoL at the 21-year follow-up. The mean age of participants was 20.6 years. Logistic regression models were used to assess the association between CM and QoL measured at the 21-year follow-up.
There were statistically significant associations between exposure to substantiated CM and poorer QoL. This also applied to the subcategories of childhood physical abuse, childhood emotional abuse (CEA), and neglect. These associations were generally stable after adjusting for confounders/covariates and concurrent depressive symptoms, except physical abuse. CEA with or without neglect significantly and particularly predicted worse subsequent QoL.
Exposure to any substantiated maltreatment substantially contributed to worse QoL in young adulthood, with a particular association with CEA and neglect. Prior experiences of CM may have a substantial association with subsequent poorer QoL.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Does substantiated childhood maltreatment lead to poor quality of life in young adulthood? Evidence from an Australian birth cohort study
- Creators
- Amanuel Alemu Abajobir - School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, 887, Public Health Building, Level 1, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia. a.abajobir@uq.edu.auSteve Kisely - Departments of Psychiatry, Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, CanadaGail Williams - School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, 887, Public Health Building, Level 1, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, AustraliaLane Strathearn - Department of Paediatrics, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USAAlexandra Clavarino - School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, AustraliaJake Moses Najman - Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Education Centre, The University of Queensland, Herston, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Quality of life research, Vol.26(7), pp.1697-1702
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11136-017-1517-5
- PMID
- 28236264
- NLM abbreviation
- Qual Life Res
- ISSN
- 0962-9343
- eISSN
- 1573-2649
- Publisher
- Netherlands
- Grant note
- name: National Health and Medical Research Council and Australian Research Council, award: NHMRC Grant #1009460; name: International Postgraduate Research and The University of Queensland Centennial Scholarships
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2017
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics; Neuroscience and Pharmacology
- Record Identifier
- 9984070218902771
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