Childhood adversity classes of incarcerated men and their association with prison-based psychological distress and substance use

Wolff, Nancy; Sánchez, Francisco Caravaca; Aizpurúa, Eva

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104732

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“…Relatively little is known about the co-occurring patterns of childhood abuse among incarcerated samples. To our knowledge, only four studies based on incarcerated adult samples have examined profiles of childhood abuse using LCA (Azimi et al, 2019; Debowska & Boduszek, 2017; Henry, 2020a; Wolff et al, 2020; Zhang & Zheng, 2018). Two of these studies, one from Poland (Debowska & Boduszek, 2017) and another from China (Zhang & Zheng, 2018), used LCA to analyze the childhood harm histories of incarcerated adult males, while the other two studies based in the United States, used mixed gender samples (Azimi et al, 2019; Henry, 2020a).…”

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Childhood Abuse Classes for Incarcerated Men and Women: Are There Unique Gender Patterns in Abuse Classes?

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Childhood adversity is predictive of poorer health and behavioral health outcomes in adulthood. Males and females are known to experience different types of childhood adversity, with females experiencing more sexual and emotional harm in childhood. Latent class analysis (LCA) has been used to identify patterns among types of childhood adversity. These studies have constructed class structures using single gender or blended gender samples. Class structures based on blended gender samples, however, may misrepresent the nuances of gender-specific adversity histories through averaging, potentially distorting the relative need for gender-specific types of intervention. This study investigated whether latent class structures of childhood abuse are equivalent for incarcerated males and females. Our sample included 4,204 residents (3,986 males, 218 females) drawn from a single prison system. Residents completed an hour-long audio computer-assisted self-interview that included questions on 10 types of childhood abuse, depression, and anxiety symptoms, the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire, and Criminal Sentiments Scale-Modified (CSS-M). Overall, female residents were both more likely to experience childhood abuse and have more extensive victimization experiences. Small subgroups of males, however, had even more extensive victimization experiences. Abuse patterns for males and females, while optimally clustering in four classes, are rather unique, especially for higher abuse classes, in terms of distribution of membership and types of abuse. These differences may matter in terms of identifying the relative need for therapeutic intervention among incarcerated males and females and targeting those interventions in ways that reflect the gradient and density of therapeutic need. The next step is to test whether using blended or gendered latent class structures matters in terms of predicting outcomes, such as prison-based behavioral health problems, suicidality, and victimization.

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Childhood Abuse Classes for Incarcerated Men and Women: Are There Unique Gender Patterns in Abuse Classes?

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Sánchez

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“…With two exceptions ( Cavanaugh et al, 2015 ; Haahr-Pedersen et al., 2020 ), community-based studies applying LCA to examine patterns of childhood adversity have used sex-blended samples ( Ho et al, 2020 ; McLafferty et al, 2015 ; Merians et al, 2019 ; Roos et al, 2016 ; Ross et al, 2018 ). Researchers conducting similar analyses of childhood harm histories based on incarcerated adult samples, with one exception, have either used sex-blended samples ( Azimi et al, 2019 ; Henry, 2020a ) or single sex samples (Debowska & Boduszek, 2016; Wolff et al, 2020 ; Zhang & Zheng, 2018 ).…”

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“…The exception is the US-based study conducted by Wolff et al, (2020) that estimated separate latent class structures for incarcerated males and females. This study ( Wolff et al, 2020 ) found that, while both males and females were optimally assigned membership to four harm classes, varying from low to higher adversity, there were sex patterns within the higher harm classes. Specifically, females, compared to males, were more densely clustered in the more severe harm classes and males, compared to females, were more likely to experience all 10 types of childhood harm in the most severe harm class and more likely to experience physical abuse in the two highest harm classes.…”

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“…Latent classes of childhood adversity based on general population samples have been used to predict incarceration risk ( Roos et al, 2016 ; Ross et al, 2018 ), anxiety and PTSD ( Ho et al, 2020 ), mental health and emotional wellbeing ( Cavanaugh et al, 2015 ; Haahr-Pedersen et al, 2020 ; Merians et al, 2019 ), and substance abuse ( Cavanaugh et al., 2015 ; Ross et al, 2018 ). For incarcerated samples, they have also been used to predict personality traits and self-esteem ( Debowska & Boduszek, 2017 ), mental health disorders ( Azimi et al, 2019 ; Henry, 2020a ; Wolff et al, 2020 ), PTSD ( Ford et al, 2013 ), depression ( Ford et al, 2013 ), substance use disorders ( Ford et al, 2013 ; Henry, 2020a ), and suicide ideation ( Ford et al, 2013 ), as well as criminal justice outcomes: prison-based rule violations ( Henry, 2020b ) and violent crimes ( Azimi et al, 2019 ).…”

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Patterns of Childhood Adversities and Their Associations With Adult Victimization Among Incarcerated Men and Women in Spanish Prisons

Aizpurúa

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Wolff

2022

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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are prevalent and have long lasting effects. There is evidence of gender differences in exposure to different types of ACEs, with women experiencing higher levels of sexual abuse and cumulative adversity than men. Despite this, most research examining patterns of adversities have used joint samples, assuming that men and women have comparable profiles. The current study examines if distinct profiles of childhood adversities exist for men and women and analyzes their associations with multiple forms of interpersonal victimization during adulthood. Participants were 2,709 residents (91.6% men and 8.4% women) from eight prisons in Spain, who completed a self-administered survey. Latent Class Analysis revealed different patterns of childhood adversities for men and women. For both groups, higher adversity was associated with interpersonal harm during adulthood.

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Validation and measurement invariance of the childhood trauma questionnaire short form among incarcerated men and women in Spain

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2024

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Childhood adversity classes of incarcerated men and their association with prison-based psychological distress and substance use

Cited by 4 publications

References 56 publications

Childhood Abuse Classes for Incarcerated Men and Women: Are There Unique Gender Patterns in Abuse Classes?

Childhood Abuse Classes for Incarcerated Men and Women: Are There Unique Gender Patterns in Abuse Classes?

Patterns of Childhood Adversities and Their Associations With Adult Victimization Among Incarcerated Men and Women in Spanish Prisons

Validation and measurement invariance of the childhood trauma questionnaire short form among incarcerated men and women in Spain

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