Retrospective Recall of Childhood Psychopathology

Holmshaw, Janet; Simonoff, Emily

doi:10.1002/(sici)1234-988x(199607)6:2<79::aid-mpr154>3.3.co;2-v

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“…In the assessment of personality and attitude variables, for example, Ross (1989) found that, after individuals experienced an experimental manipulation designed to change their attitudes, they reported their past attitudes to be more congruent with their current (changed) attitudes than they really were. On the other hand, research has found retrospective reporting to be quite reliable for a variety of other, more behaviorally based measures, including childhood experiences (Cournoyer and Rohner, 1996;Hardt et al, 2006), psychopathology (including anxiety and conduct disorders [Holmshaw and Simonoff, 1996] and attention-defi cit/hyperactivity disorder [Wierzbicki, 2005]), smoking (Bernaards et al, 2001;Kenkel et al, 2003), and alcohol use (Windle, 2005). Even so, more frequently occurring behaviors appear to be more diffi cult to recall with accuracy than infrequently occurring behaviors.…”

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Validity of the Lifetime Drinking History: A Comparison of Retrospective and Prospective Quantity-Frequency Measures

Koenig

Jacob

Haber

2009

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: The Lifetime Drinking History (LDH) has been used to examine alcohol use throughout the life span. Given its retrospective nature, it is important to examine the validity of the assessment. Method: Building on previous work establishing the reliability and validity of the LDH, the current study examined a sample of 1,295 men in the Vietnam Era Twin Registry. The men were assessed retrospectively with the LDH in 2000, at an average age of 51. The drinking patterns of these same men were also assessed prospectively in four prior studies, taking place in 1987, 1990, 1992, and 1995. Results: Validity of the LDH was examined by comparing the correspondence between the prospective and retrospective quantity-frequency measures and reported age at fi rst regular drinking. Correlations between the retrospective and prospective assessments were high for age at fi rst regular drinking (.42-.58) and quantity-frequency measures (.47-.69), although some mean differences in the amount of consumption existed. Conclusions: Results support the use of the LDH in reporting phases of drinking across the life span. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs 70: [296][297][298][299][300][301][302][303] 2009)

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Validity of the Lifetime Drinking History: A Comparison of Retrospective and Prospective Quantity-Frequency Measures

Koenig

Jacob

Haber

2009

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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“…Both the retrospective measures in this study used detailed investigator-based interviews, to elicit accounts of child maltreatment, parental discord or violence and behaviour problems. Information derived from each measure has been examined in relation to external sources of information, and the agreement has been good [Bifulco et al, 1997;Holmshaw and Simonoff, 1996]. The findings in this study are unlikely to have arisen from effects of underreporting by individuals lacking psychopathology because all the subjects had been convicted of a violent offence, and there were high rates of alcohol and drug abuse in the sample that were not associated with the overall violence scores [Nathan et al, 2003].…”

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“…Recalled emotional and behavioural problems before the age of 16 years were assessed using the Retrospective Recall of Childhood Psychopathology [Holmshaw and Simonoff, 1996]. This investigator-based interview is a modification of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment [Angold et al, 1995] and inquires about recalled psychiatric symptomatology in childhood.…”

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“…The interview is arranged in sections covering the major child and adolescent disorders with screening questions followed by more detailed investigation. The measure was validated by comparing recalled symptoms with information abstracted from childhood psychiatric records [Holmshaw and Simonoff, 1996;Simonoff et al, 2004]. k coefficients based on agreement for a positive response to the screening question plus one other symptom were above 0.6 in every symptom area except hyperactivity (k 5 0.5).…”

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Childhood antecedents of serious violence in adult male offenders

Hill

Nathan

2008

Aggressive Behavior

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Prospective longitudinal studies have shown strong predictions from conduct disorders (CDs) in childhood to antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) and violence in adults. However, little is known of the childhood antecedents of serious violence nor whether these may vary depending on the context in which the violence occurs. In this study, 54 men aged 21-40 years serving prison sentences for violent crime were assessed. Standardized interviews of ASPD and violence were conducted independently of interviews covering retrospective recall of childhood psychiatric disorders and adverse experiences. Analyses of the predictors of overall violence suggested a pathway involving childhood CD and adult ASPD associated with interparental discord, and an additional pathway associated with experiencing interparental violence in childhood. Different results were however obtained when account was taken of the context of the violence. The CD-ASPD pathway was associated with social violence, but not with partner violence. Partner violence was predicted by retrospective reports of having been exposed to interparental violence during childhood but not by reports of childhood CD or adult ASPD. Thus developmental pathways to serious violence may be different depending on the social domain in which the violence occurs.

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“…Conceivably this research design could be extended to simultaneously measure the influence of causation processes. It is important to note, however, that conclusions based on analyses using this research design rest on the assumption that retrospective reports of the occurrence and timing of childhood and adolescent mental disorders are valid and reliable, a matter of considerable debate (see Aneshensel, Estrada, Hansell, and Clark 1987;Henry, Moffitt, Caspi, Langley, and Silva 1994;Rogler, Malgady, and Tryon 1992;Holmshaw and Simonoff 1996).…”

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Low Socioeconomic Status and Mental Disorders: A Longitudinal Study of Selection and Causation during Young Adulthood

Miech

Caspi

Moffitt

et al. 1999

American Journal of Sociology

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442

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Over the past half century two competing hypotheses in sociological inquiry have provided interpretations of the well-documented association between low socioeconomic status and mental disorders. The selection hypothesis asserts that mental disorders impair status attainment, whereas the causation hypothesis states that conditions of life associated with low socioeconomic status markedly increase the risk of mental disorders. Using data from the longitudinal Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (n=1037), we examine selection and causation processes during the transition to young adulthood by investigating the mutual influence of mental disorders and educational attainment, a core element of socioeconomic status. The Dunedin Study follows a cohort from birth to age 21, and includes psychiatric diagnoses for study members at ages 15 and 21 using DSM criteria. We focus on the four disorders of anxiety, depression, anti-social disorder, and attention deficit disorder and find a unique relationship with socioeconomic status for each one. These findings highlight the need for (a) greater consideration of antisocial disorders in the status attainment process and (b) more theoretical development in the sociology of mental disorders to account for disorder-specific relations with socioeconomic status.

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Retrospective Recall of Childhood Psychopathology

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Validity of the Lifetime Drinking History: A Comparison of Retrospective and Prospective Quantity-Frequency Measures

Validity of the Lifetime Drinking History: A Comparison of Retrospective and Prospective Quantity-Frequency Measures

Childhood antecedents of serious violence in adult male offenders

Low Socioeconomic Status and Mental Disorders: A Longitudinal Study of Selection and Causation during Young Adulthood

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