Trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder among youth in a high-risk family study: Associations with maternal and paternal alcohol use disorder

Annah K. Bender; Kathleen K. Bucholz; Howard J. Edenberg; John R. Kramer; Andrey P. Anokhin; Jacquelyn L. Meyers; Samuel Kuperman; Victor Hesselbrock; Michie Hesselbrock; Vivia V. McCutcheon

doi:10.1080/26904586.2020.1751016

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Trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder among youth in a high-risk family study: Associations with maternal and paternal alcohol use disorder

Annah K. Bender, Kathleen K. Bucholz, Howard J. Edenberg, John R. Kramer, Andrey P. Anokhin, Jacquelyn L. Meyers, Samuel Kuperman, Victor Hesselbrock, Michie Hesselbrock and Vivia V. McCutcheon

Journal of family trauma, child custody & child development (Print), Vol.17(2), pp.116-134

01/01/2020

DOI: 10.1080/26904586.2020.1751016

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This study presents findings regarding the prevalence of trauma exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) based on discrete types of trauma (physical, sexual, witnessed violence, and non-assaultive trauma) among 3404 youth in a family study of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). Data from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) were used to examine associations of parent AUD with offspring's childhood trauma exposure, and with lifetime diagnosis of DSM-IV PTSD among White and Black participants aged 12-35.Of 3404 youth, 59.7% had parents affected by AUD and 78% experienced <= 1 traumatic event before age 18. AUD in one or both parents was associated with physical, sexual, and witnessed violence among Whites. Among African Americans, maternal AUD was associated with sexual assault. The lifetime PTSD rate among youth exposed to childhood trauma was 8.6%, and mother-only AUD was significantly associated with lifetime PTSD among participants in both groups. PTSD among youth in this study were somewhat higher (7.9% to 8.83%) than those found in general population studies of the same demographic (5% to 6.8%). Maternal AUD appears to be a salient risk factor for sexual assault before age 18 among Black and development of lifetime PTSD among White youth.

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Title: Subtitle: Trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder among youth in a high-risk family study: Associations with maternal and paternal alcohol use disorder
Creators: Annah K. Bender - University of Missouri–St. Louis
Kathleen K. Bucholz - Washington University in St. Louis
Howard J. Edenberg - Indiana University
John R. Kramer - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Andrey P. Anokhin - Washington University in St. Louis
Jacquelyn L. Meyers - SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Samuel Kuperman - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Victor Hesselbrock - University of Connecticut
Michie Hesselbrock - University of Connecticut
Vivia V. McCutcheon - Washington University in St. Louis
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of family trauma, child custody & child development (Print), Vol.17(2), pp.116-134
DOI: 10.1080/26904586.2020.1751016
ISSN: 2690-4586
eISSN: 2690-4594
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Number of pages: 19
Grant note: T32DA01035 / National Institute on Drug Abuse; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); European Commission U10AA08403 / National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Language: English
Date published: 01/01/2020
Academic Unit: Psychiatry
Record Identifier: 9984293655302771

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