Childhood life events and psychological symptoms in adult survivors of the 2004 tsunami

@article{Wahlstrm2010ChildhoodLE,
  title={Childhood life events and psychological symptoms in adult survivors of the 2004 tsunami},
  author={Lars Wahlstr{\"o}m and Hans Mich{\'e}lsen and Abbe Schulman and Magnus Backheden},
  journal={Nordic Journal of Psychiatry},
  year={2010},
  volume={64},
  pages={245 - 252}
}
Background: Negative life events in childhood have an adverse influence on adult psychological health, and increase vulnerability to subsequent potential traumas. It remains unclear whether this is also true in the case of disasters. Aim: This study investigates whether the experience of negative life events in childhood and adolescence was associated with psychological symptoms in groups of Swedish survivors with different types of exposure to the tsunami. Methods: 1505 survivors from… 
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