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The co-occurrence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and their associations with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Indian and Malaysian adolescents

Background: Although it is well-established that people can experience multiple traumatic events, there are few studies examining the co-occurrence of such experiences in non-Western nations. The current study sought to examine the occurrence of multiple potentially traumatic experiences (PTEs) and...

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Main Authors: Enya, Redican, Maria Louison, Vang, Mark, Shevlin, Siti Raudzah, Ghazali, Ask, Elklit
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Published: Elsevier B.V. 2023
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RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691823000720
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103896
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spelling my.unimas.ir.436302023-12-12T01:27:26Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43630/ The co-occurrence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and their associations with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Indian and Malaysian adolescents Enya, Redican Maria Louison, Vang Mark, Shevlin Siti Raudzah, Ghazali Ask, Elklit RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Background: Although it is well-established that people can experience multiple traumatic events, there are few studies examining the co-occurrence of such experiences in non-Western nations. The current study sought to examine the occurrence of multiple potentially traumatic experiences (PTEs) and their associations with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among adolescents from two Asian nations. Methods: Latent class analysis (LCA) was employed to model the co-occurrence of PTEs in two school samples of adolescents from India (n =411) and Malaysia (n =469). Demographic correlates (i.e., sex, age, household composition, parent education) of the latent classes and the association between latent class membership and probable diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were examined. Results: The LCA identified three latent classes for the Indian sample: ‘Low Risk – moderate sexual trauma’, ‘Moderate Risk’, and ‘High Risk’. Similarly, three classes were also identified for the Malaysian sample: ‘Low Risk’, ‘Moderate Risk’, and ‘High Risk’. Membership of ‘Moderate Risk’ was associated with male sex in both samples, and with older age and lower levels of parental education attainment in the Malaysian sample. No correlates of ‘High Risk’ class were identified in either sample. Membership of the ‘High Risk’ class was significantly associated with probable PTSD diagnosis in both samples, while membership of the ‘Moderate Risk’ class was associated with probable PTSD diagnosis in the Malaysian sample. Conclusion: Findings from this study correspond with Western studies indicating co-occurrence of PTEs to be common and to represent a salient risk factor for the development of PTSD. Elsevier B.V. 2023 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43630/3/The%20co-occurrence.pdf Enya, Redican and Maria Louison, Vang and Mark, Shevlin and Siti Raudzah, Ghazali and Ask, Elklit (2023) The co-occurrence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and their associations with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Indian and Malaysian adolescents. Acta Psychologica, 235. pp. 1-9. ISSN 0001-6918 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691823000720 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103896
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topic RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
spellingShingle RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Enya, Redican
Maria Louison, Vang
Mark, Shevlin
Siti Raudzah, Ghazali
Ask, Elklit
The co-occurrence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and their associations with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Indian and Malaysian adolescents
description Background: Although it is well-established that people can experience multiple traumatic events, there are few studies examining the co-occurrence of such experiences in non-Western nations. The current study sought to examine the occurrence of multiple potentially traumatic experiences (PTEs) and their associations with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among adolescents from two Asian nations. Methods: Latent class analysis (LCA) was employed to model the co-occurrence of PTEs in two school samples of adolescents from India (n =411) and Malaysia (n =469). Demographic correlates (i.e., sex, age, household composition, parent education) of the latent classes and the association between latent class membership and probable diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were examined. Results: The LCA identified three latent classes for the Indian sample: ‘Low Risk – moderate sexual trauma’, ‘Moderate Risk’, and ‘High Risk’. Similarly, three classes were also identified for the Malaysian sample: ‘Low Risk’, ‘Moderate Risk’, and ‘High Risk’. Membership of ‘Moderate Risk’ was associated with male sex in both samples, and with older age and lower levels of parental education attainment in the Malaysian sample. No correlates of ‘High Risk’ class were identified in either sample. Membership of the ‘High Risk’ class was significantly associated with probable PTSD diagnosis in both samples, while membership of the ‘Moderate Risk’ class was associated with probable PTSD diagnosis in the Malaysian sample. Conclusion: Findings from this study correspond with Western studies indicating co-occurrence of PTEs to be common and to represent a salient risk factor for the development of PTSD.
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author Enya, Redican
Maria Louison, Vang
Mark, Shevlin
Siti Raudzah, Ghazali
Ask, Elklit
author_facet Enya, Redican
Maria Louison, Vang
Mark, Shevlin
Siti Raudzah, Ghazali
Ask, Elklit
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title The co-occurrence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and their associations with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Indian and Malaysian adolescents
title_short The co-occurrence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and their associations with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Indian and Malaysian adolescents
title_full The co-occurrence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and their associations with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Indian and Malaysian adolescents
title_fullStr The co-occurrence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and their associations with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Indian and Malaysian adolescents
title_full_unstemmed The co-occurrence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and their associations with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Indian and Malaysian adolescents
title_sort co-occurrence of potentially traumatic events (ptes) and their associations with posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd) in indian and malaysian adolescents
publisher Elsevier B.V.
publishDate 2023
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43630/3/The%20co-occurrence.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43630/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691823000720
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103896
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