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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2008 Jan 4;66(5):1140–1151. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.023

Table 3.

Impact size for individual adversities on mental health outcomes controlling for demographics

Depressive symptoms Delinquency Drug use
L M H L M H L M H
Hospitalized ever ♀♂ ♀♂
Parents separated/not divorced ♀♂ ♀♂
Missed/repeated grade ever ♀♂ ♀♂
Sent away from home ever ♀♂ ♀♂
Parent unemployed ever
Parent drink/drug problem ever ♀♂
Life threatening accident ♀♂
Victim of natural disaster ♀♂ ♀♂
Witnessed injury/death ♀♂ ♀♂ ♀♂
Combined sex abuse/assault ♀♂
Physically assaulted ♀♂
Physically abused ♀♂
Seriously neglected ♀♂
At least one parent died
Parents divorced ♀♂

NOTE: L = Low (≤.2), M = Medium (.2 - .4), H = High (≥.4 ) ♀= female, ♂ = male