Increasing Childhood Trauma

This study examined childhood trauma among people of different ages who responded to the 1994/95 Canadian National Population Health Survey (15,106 persons). Reported childhood trauma increased with each successively younger age-grouping (the "Cohort Year" in the graph refers to the date when each grouping was aged around 15 years). Females showed a larger change, but both sexes were affected. The findings suggest that childhood trauma has been on the increase over the last few decades. It is thus likely that adult mental & social consequences of early trauma can be expected to increase in future years.
Childhood trauma, was measured by a seven-item index (items reflected physical abuse, fearful experiences, being sent away from home, hospitalization, and parental disturbance).
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