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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2022 Jan 11;53(7):2963–2973. doi: 10.1017/S0033291721004980

Table 3.

Multivariate associations between childhood adversities and lifetime mental disorders (n=20,427).

Lifetime disorders
MDD BD GAD PD AUD DUD
RR(95%CI) RR(95%CI) RR(95%CI) RR(95%CI) RR(95%CI) RR(95%CI)
Type of childhood adversity
 Parental psychopathology 1.16 (1.03–1.31)* 1.13 (0.88–1.45) 0.98 (0.86–1.11) 0.96 (0.75–1.24) 1.27 (1.07–1.51)* 1.49 (1.15–1.93)*
 Physical abuse 0.94 (0.83–1.06) 1.31 (1.03–1.66)* 0.85 (0.75–0.97)* 0.98 (0.76–1.28) 1.44 (1.19–1.74)* 1.35 (1.05–1.73)*
 Emotional abuse 1.41 (1.24–1.61)* 1.32 (1.00–1.75) 1.01 (0.88–1.17) 1.10 (0.83–1.46) 1.10 (0.90–1.36) 1.29 (0.98–1.71)
 Sexual abuse 1.06 (0.90–1.26) 0.77 (0.57–1.05) 0.92 (0.77–1.10) 0.81 (0.57–1.16) 1.32 (1.01–1.71)* 1.62 (1.19–2.20)*
 Neglect 1.17 (1.04–1.32)* 1.26 (1.01–1.57)* 0.92 (0.81–1.05) 0.96 (0.73–1.26) 1.29 (1.07–1.57)* 1.54 (1.21–1.96)*
 High frequency bully victimization 1.65 (1.46–1.86)* 1.50 (1.15–1.96)* 1.50 (1.32–1.71)* 1.44 (1.08–1.92)* 0.78 (0.65–0.94)* 1.07 (0.81–1.42)
 Low frequency bully victimization 1.24 (1.11–1.40)* 1.33 (1.02–1.72)* 1.17 (1.03–1.32)* 1.17 (0.89–1.55) 0.93 (0.80–1.09) 1.23 (0.95–1.60)
 Dating violence 1.09 (0.97–1.22) 1.43 (1.16–1.77)* 1.16 (1.03–1.30)* 1.16 (0.93–1.45) 1.93 (1.62–2.31)* 1.77 (1.41–2.22)*
Number of adversities
0–1 ref ref ref ref ref ref
2 0.92 (0.79–1.07) 0.98 (0.71–1.35) 1.12 (0.96–1.31) 1.22 (0.89–1.68) 0.98 (0.79–1.22) 0.96 (0.69–1.35)
3 0.83 (0.66–1.04) 0.84 (0.53–1.33) 1.04 (0.82–1.31) 1.05 (0.66–1.68) 0.89 (0.64–1.24) 0.81 (0.52–1.27)
4+ 0.58 (0.41–0.81)* 0.72 (0.37–1.39) 0.94 (0.66–1.33) 0.74 (0.37–1.47) 0.68 (0.41–1.13) 0.62 (0.32–1.22)
Frequency of adversities 1.19 (1.15–1.22)* 1.15 (1.09–1.22)* 1.18 (1.14–1.22)* 1.19 (1.12–1.27)* 1.03 (0.98–1.08) 1.08 (1.01–1.15)*

Note. All models adjusted for country, gender, parent education (high vs low, medium vs low), and lifetime disorders latent classes. While 0 was used as a reference for the number of CAs in bivariate models, as the type of CAs already reflected the presence of 0 or 1 CA, the reference used to examine the number of CAs was 0 or 1 in multivariate models. RR: Risk ratio. MDD: major depressive disorder; BD: Bipolar disorder; GAD: generalized anxiety disorder; PD: Panic disorder; AUD: Alcohol use disorder; DUD: Drug use disorder.