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ArticleJournal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 532016

Future Directions in Childhood Adversity and Youth Psychopathology.

Katie A McLaughlin

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Article in Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 277 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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277 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Dimensions of early life adversity and cardiometabolic health in adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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Katie A McLaughlina Department of Psychology , University of Washington.

Funding

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research CenterU54HD083091 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI GURALNICK, MICHAEL J · 2014 to 2019
$7.9M
Child Trauma and the Development of Neural Systems Underlying Emotion RegulationR01MH103291 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MCLAUGHLIN, KATIE · 2014 to 2018
$3.8M
Child adversity and the developmental epidemiology of mood and anxiety disorders.K01MH092526 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MCLAUGHLIN, KATIE · 2011 to 2015
$846k
NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD083091NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH092526NIMH NIH HHS K01-MH092526NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH103291NIMH NIH HHS R01-MH103291
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite long-standing interest in the influence of adverse early experiences on mental health, systematic scientific inquiry into childhood adversity and developmental outcomes has emerged only recently. Existing research has amply demonstrated that exposure to childhood adversity is associated with elevated risk for multiple forms of youth psychopathology. In contrast, knowledge of developmental mechanisms linking childhood adversity to the onset of psychopathology-and whether those mechanisms are general or specific to particular kinds of adversity-remains cursory. Greater understanding of these pathways and identification of protective factors that buffer children from developmental disruptions following exposure to adversity is essential to guide the development of interventions to prevent the onset of psychopathology following adverse childhood experiences. This article provides recommendations for future research in this area. In particular, use of a consistent definition of childhood adversity, integration of studies of typical development with those focused on childhood adversity, and identification of distinct dimensions of environmental experience that differentially influence development are required to uncover mechanisms that explain how childhood adversity is associated with numerous psychopathology outcomes (i.e., multifinality) and identify moderators that shape divergent trajectories following adverse childhood experiences. A transdiagnostic model that highlights disruptions in emotional processing and poor executive functioning as key mechanisms linking childhood adversity with multiple forms of psychopathology is presented as a starting point in this endeavour. Distinguishing between general and specific mechanisms linking childhood adversity with psychopathology is needed to generate empirically informed interventions to prevent the long-term consequences of adverse early environments on children's development.

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Child DevelopmentLife Change EventsPsychopathologyAdolescentChildEmotionsHumansMental HealthSocial EnvironmentStress, Psychological

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PMID26849071
PMCPMC4837019

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