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Association Between Specific Childhood Adversities and Symptom Dimensions in People With Psychosis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Alameda, Luis, Christy, Angeline, Rodriguez, Victoria, Salazar de Pablo, Gonzalo, Thrush, Madeleine, Shen, Yi, Alameda, Beatriz, Spinazzola, Edoardo +7 more·2021·Schizophrenia Bulletin

Abstract

Despite the accepted link between childhood abuse and positive psychotic symptoms, findings between other adversities, such as neglect, and the remaining dimensions in people with psychosis have been inconsistent, with evidence not yet reviewed quantitatively. The aim of this study was to systematically examine quantitatively the association between broadly defined childhood adversity (CA), abuse (sexual/physical/emotional), and neglect (physical/emotional) subtypes, with positive, negative, depressive, manic, and disorganized dimensions in those with psychosis. A search was conducted across EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsychINFO, and Cochrane Libraries using search terms related to psychosis population, CA, and psychopathological dimensions. After reviewing for relevance, data were extracted, synthesized, and meta-analyzed. Forty-seven papers were identified, including 7379 cases across 40 studies examining positive, 37 negative, 20 depressive, 9 disorganized, and 13 manic dimensions. After adjustment for publication bias, general adversity was positively associated with all dimensions (ranging from r = 0.08 to r = 0.24). Most forms of abuse were associated with depressive (ranging from r = 0.16 to r = 0.32), positive (ranging from r = 0.14 to r = 0.16), manic (r = 0.13), and negative dimensions (ranging from r = 0.05 to r = 0.09), while neglect was only associated with negative (r = 0.13) and depressive dimensions (ranging from r = 0.16 to r = 0.20). When heterogeneity was found, it tended to be explained by one specific study. The depressive dimension was influenced by percentage of women (ranging from r = 0.83 to r = 1.36) and poor-quality scores (ranging from r = -0.21 and r = -0.059). Quality was judged as fair overall. Broadly defined adversity and forms of abuse increase transdimensional severity. Being exposed to neglect during childhood seems to be exclusively related to negative and depressive dimensions suggesting specific effects.

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Alameda, L., Christy, A., Rodriguez, V., Salazar de Pablo, G., Thrush, M., Shen, Y., Alameda, B., Spinazzola, E., Iacoponi, E., Trotta, G., Carr, E., Ruiz Veguilla, M., Aas, M., Morgan, C., & Murray, R. M.
Affiliations
  • King's College London (GB)
  • Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
  • Early Psychosis: Interventions and Clinical-detection (EPIC) Lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
  • Hôpital de Morges (CH)
  • Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Departamento de Psiquiatría, Universidad de Sevilla, UGC Salud Mental, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain
  • Oslo University Hospital (NO)
Corresponding author
Alameda, Luis
Venue
Schizophrenia Bulletin
Published
2021-04-09
Volume
47
Issue
4
Pages
975-985
ISSN
  • 0586-7614 (ISSN-L)
  • 1745-1701
OpenAlex
W3149960801
Cited by
82
References
46
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 5
FWCI
0.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Deposito de Investigacion Universidad de Sevilla (University of Seville) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • IRIS (submittedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
  • SERVAL (Université de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Swiss National Science Foundation (P2LAP3_171804)
  • National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre
  • South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
  • King’s College London (ES/S012567/1)
  • South-Eastern Norway Health Authority (#2017060)
  • National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (#22388)
  • Economic and Social Research Council
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Keywords
childhood adversity, childhood abuse
MeSH terms
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Humans, Psychotic Disorders

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