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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Stress. 2020 Nov 16;34(1):124–136. doi: 10.1002/jts.22617

Table 4.

Associations Between Specific Types of Childhood Adversity (CA) and Adulthood Traumatic Experiences (ATEs)

CA type
Repeat of school year Trouble with police Parental substance abuse Parental physical abuse
Type of ATE aRRR aOR 95% CI aRRR aOR 95% CI aRRR aOR 95% CI aRRR aOR 95% CI
Cumulative ATEs 1.08*** [1.04, 1.13] 1.25*** [1.18, 1.34] 1.28*** [1.23, 1.33] 1.49*** [1.42, 1.57]
Death of child 1.32*** [1.16, 1.49] 1.18 [0.94, 1.46] 1.15* [1.01, 1.31] 1.36*** [1.13, 1.62]
Disaster 1.11 [0.99, 1.26] 1.21* [1.00, 1.45] 1.18** [1.05, 1.33] 1.47*** [1.25, 1.72]
Military combat 1.18 [0.98, 1.42] 1.28 [0.98, 1.64] 1.17 [0.94, 1.45] 1.36 [0.99, 1.84]
Family member substance addiction 1.10 [0.98, 1.25] 1.72*** 1.97*** [1.77, 2.19] 1.80*** [1.55, 2.08]
Physical attack 1.25* [1.04, 1.49] 1.92*** [1.51, 2.43] 1.54*** [1.30, 1.82] 3.41*** [2.82, 4.12]
Illness/accident 1.12* [1.00, 1.24] 1.27** [1.08, 1.49] 1.37*** [1.24, 1.52] 1.70*** [1.48, 1.96]
Family member illness/accident 0.94 [0.84, 1.05] 1.27** [1.07, 1.50] 1.28*** [1.15, 1.41] 1.65*** [1.43, 1.90]

Note. N = 14,552 observations. Analyses controlled for age, gender, race/ethnicity, and parental educational attainment. aRRR = adjusted relative risk ratio (from Poisson regressions); aOR = adjusted odds ratio (from logistic regressions).

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.