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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2010 Sep 15;71(10):1847–1854. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.08.015

Table 2.

Tetrachoric correlations of retrospectively reported childhood adversities (n=4351)

Parent mental illness Parent substance abuse Parent criminal Family violence Physical abuse Sexual abuse Parent died Parent divorce Other parent loss Physical illness Economic adversity

Parent substance abuse 0.49*** 1.00
Parent criminal 0.40*** 0.53*** 1.00
Family violence 0.43*** 0.50*** 0.39*** 1.00
Physical abuse 0.24*** 0.24*** 0.18*** 0.47** 1.00
Sexual abuse 0.37** 0.39* 0.16 0.17 0.06 1.00
Parent died 0.04 −0.03 0.00 −0.05 0.06 0.27 1.00
Parent divorce −0.02 0.03 −0.07 0.20** 0.14** 0.28 −0.34*** 1.00
Other parent loss −0.03 0.15 0.08 0.26** 0.04 −0.03 −0.03 −0.25* 1.00
Physical illness 0.20** 0.11 0.18** 0.12 0.18*** 0.45** −0.10 0.14* 0.14 1.00
Economic adversity −0.11 0.03 −0.05 −0.06 0.00 −0.81 0.50*** 0.15** 0.28*** 0.07 1.00
*

p<.05,

**

p<.01,

***

p<.0001