@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiology of multiple childhood traumatic events: child abuse, parental psychopathology, and other family-level stressors",
journal="Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology",
year="2004",
author="Menard, C. B. and Bandeen-Roche, Karen J. and Chilcoat, Howard D.",
volume="39",
number="11",
pages="857-865",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Multiple family-level childhood stressors are common and are correlated. It is unknown if clusters of commonly co-occurring stressors are identifiable. The study was designed to explore family-level stressor clustering in the general population, to estimate the prevalence of exposure classes, and to examine the correlation of sociodemographic characteristics with class prevalence. METHOD: Data were collected from an epidemiological sample and analyzed using latent class regression. RESULTS: A six-class solution was identified. Classes were characterized by low risk (prevalence=23%), universal high risk (7 %), family conflict (11 %), household substance problems (22 %), non-nuclear family structure (24 %), parent's mental illness (13 %). CONCLUSIONS: Class prevalence varied with race and welfare status, not gender. Interventions for childhood stressors are person-focused; the analytic approach may uniquely inform resource allocation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0933-7954",
doi="10.1007/s00127-004-0868-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-004-0868-8"
}