The assessment of childhood maltreatment and its associations with affective symptoms in adulthood: Results of the German National Cohort (NAKO)
The World Journal of Biological PsychiatryPublished 18 March 2022
Johanna Klinger-König, Fabian Streit, Angelika Erhardt, Luca Kleineidam, Florian Schmiedek, Börge Schmidt
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First results of the distribution of childhood maltreatment in the population-based mega cohort German National Cohort (NAKO) and estimates associations with affective symptoms in adulthood are reported and differential associations with psychopathological symptoms for the five types of Childhood maltreatment are suggested.
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The distribution of childhood maltreatment in NAKO is similar to previous reports. Additionally, our results suggest differential associations with psychopathological symptoms for the five types of childhood maltreatment.
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