Clusters of Adversity Types Among U.S. Youth: Associations With Mental Health

Clusters of Adversity Types Among U.S. Youth: Associations With Mental Health, in American Journal of Preventive Medicine

key takeaway: "A total of 5 classes were identified: Low all (59% of the sample), Abuse (29%), High multiple adversities (5%), Peer adversity (4%), and Neighborhood violence (4%). All classes had poorer mental health and a higher prevalence of substance use than Low all, with particularly harmful levels in High multiple adversities. Neighborhood violence was not significantly different from High multiple adversities on mental health symptoms and showed a greater proportion of past-year substance use than all other classes except High multiple adversities. Peer adversity and Abuse classes did not differ significantly in any outcomes."