• DOI:10.2307/2137325
Corpus ID: 22523488

Lifetime traumas and mental health: the significance of cumulative adversity.

@article{Turner1995LifetimeTA,
  title={Lifetime traumas and mental health: the significance of cumulative adversity.},
  author={R. Turner and D. Lloyd},
  journal={Journal of health and social behavior},
  year={1995},
  volume={36 4},
  pages={
          360-76
        }
}

R. Turner, D. Lloyd

Published 1995

Psychology, Medicine

Journal of health and social behavior

This paper reports the community prevalence of 20 life traumas and considers their individual relevance as risk factors for psychiatric disorder. Also presented is the first evidence on the mental health significance of cumulative adversity as indexed by a count of lifetime exposure to a wide array of potentially traumatic events. The question of the importance of considering such events within efforts to assess variations in life stress is also examined. Our results demonstrate clear… CONTINUE READING

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