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ArticleEpidemiology and psychiatric sciences2022

The association between child maltreatment and problematic alcohol use in adulthood in a large multi-ethnic cohort: the HELIUS study.

M M de Waal, A Lok, M van Zuiden, H Galenkamp, A E Goudriaan

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Article in Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Exploring Pathways from Childhood Adversity to Substance Use in Young Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

M M de WaalDepartment of Research and Jellinek, Arkin Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3252-6459
A LokDepartment of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, Location University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
M van ZuidenDepartment of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, Location University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
H GalenkampDepartment of Public and Occupation Health, Amsterdam UMC, Location University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
A E GoudriaanDepartment of Research and Jellinek, Arkin Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Amsterdam Institute for Addiction Research · NLGGD Amsterdam · NLAmsterdam Neuroscience · NL

Funding

Hartstichting 2010T084Seventh Framework Programme 278901ZonMw 200500003ZonMw 91713354
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsThere is evidence that child maltreatment is associated with problematic alcohol use later in life. However, previous epidemiological studies that have examined the link between child maltreatment and adult problematic alcohol use have not considered ethnic differences. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to investigate the relationship between child maltreatment and adult problematic alcohol use among six ethnic groups in the Netherlands, in a large, urban sample.

methodsThis study used baseline data from the Healthy Life in an Urban Setting (HELIUS) study: a large-scale, multi-ethnic prospective cohort study conducted in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Child maltreatment, current problematic alcohol use and several potential confounders (e.g. parental alcohol use) were assessed in participants (

resultsEffect modification by ethnicity was present. Stronger associations between child maltreatment and problematic alcohol use were found in all ethnic minority groups compared to the Dutch reference group. Particularly strong associations between all four types of child maltreatment and alcohol use problems were found for the Moroccan origin group.

conclusionsThis study adds to a growing body of evidence that child maltreatment is associated with problematic alcohol use in adulthood. In addition, our findings indicate that ethnicity impacts this relationship. Although problematic alcohol use was more prevalent in the Dutch origin group, associations with child maltreatment were stronger in ethnic minority groups. Future studies on child maltreatment and alcohol use problems should also examine ethnic disparities and should further unravel how these disparities can be explained.

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Child AbuseEthnicityAdultChildGhanaHumansMinority GroupsProspective StudiesAlcohol abusechild abuseepidemiologymaltreatment

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PMID36484150
PMCPMC9762143
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