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Measuring Childhood Trauma among Adults in the Health and Retirement Study

2026-02-02 public and global health Title + abstract only
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BackgroundEarly life social determinants of health, such as childhood trauma, have implication on adverse health outcomes later in the life course. Our objective was to develop a childhood trauma measure within the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) - a large, diverse, U.S.-based aging cohort. MethodsData from the HRS Psychosocial and Lifestyle Questionnaire [2006-2016] and Life History Survey [2015-2017]) surveys collected thirteen binary items measuring self-reported exposure to early life adv...

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