TABLE 1.
Childhood adverse life events in the study sample (N = 4,653)
| Adverse life event | Number of events (%) |
|---|---|
| Did your child get seriously sick or did he/she have an accident? | 140 (3.0) |
| Did a family member get seriously sick or did someone have a serious accident? | 146 (3.1) |
| Did someone else, who is important to the child, get seriously sick or did someone have a serious accident? | 189 (4.1) |
| Has the father/mother or other caretaker of your child died? | 18 (0.4) |
| Has someone else, who your child cared a lot about, passed away? | 199 (4.3) |
| Has a pet, who you child cared a lot about, die? | 94 (2.0) |
| Does or did your child have to deal with a high workload at school? | 442 (9.5) |
| Has your child ever repeated a grade? | 44 (0.9) |
| Are/were there any neighborhood problems? For example, vandalism or insecurity. | 81 (1.7) |
| Has your family financial difficulties or had your family ever have them? | 69 (1.5) |
| Does your child have ongoing conflicts with a family member (or did your child ever have them)? | 106 (2.3) |
| Does your child have ongoing conflicts with someone else (or did your child ever have them)? | 130 (2.8) |
| Do other family member have ongoing conflicts with each other (or did they ever have them)? | 155 (3.3) |
| Are you and your partner divorced or separated? | 230 (4.9) |
| Did one of the parents become involuntarily unemployed? | 49 (1.1) |
| Did your child lose a good friend due to an argument? | 38 (0.8) |
| Did your child ever lose something which was important to him/her? For example, through fire, loss, or theft. | 50 (1.1) |
| Has someone ever used physical violence against your child? For example, beating him/her up. | 47 (1.0) |
| Has someone almost used physical violence against your child? So that not actually happened, but your child was frightened. | 71 (1.5) |
| Has someone made sexual comments or movements towards your child? | 21 (0.5) |
| Has your child experienced inappropriate sexual behavior? | 10 (0.2) |
| Has someone spread mean rumors about your child? | 95 (2.0) |
| Has your child moved to a different place of residence? | 53 (1.9) |
| Has your child changed schools? | 64 (1.6) |
| Other nonspecified. | 559 (12.0) |