Multi-type childhood maltreatment exposure and substance use development from adolescence to early adulthood: A GxE study

Citation

Mishra, Aura Ankita; Marceau, Kristine; Christ, Sharon L.; Schwab Reese, Laura M.; Taylor, Zoe E.; & Knopik, Valerie S. (2022). Multi-type childhood maltreatment exposure and substance use development from adolescence to early adulthood: A GxE study. Child Abuse & Neglect. vol. 126 , PMCID: PMC9036492

Abstract

Background Childhood maltreatment types can co-occur and are associated with increased substance use during adolescence and early adulthood. There is also a strong genetic basis for substance use which interacts with environmental factors (e.g., childhood maltreatment) to influence substance use phenotype. Objective This research aimed to identify childhood maltreatment sub-groups based on type and chronicity, and their association with substance use change from adolescence to early adulthood, while accounting for the influence of substance use polygenic risk (i.e., genetic risk based on the combined effects of multiple genes). Participants We used a sample of unrelated European-origin Americans with genetic and childhood maltreatment data (n = 2,664) from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Methods Latent profile analysis was used for sub-group identification and direct and interaction effects were tested for longitudinal trajectories of substance use utilizing generalized estimating equations. Results Three sub-groups with co-occurring childhood maltreatment exposures were identified: a high sexual abuse sub-group, a high physical abuse sub-group, and a normative sub-group (with low maltreatment exposure). At high polygenic risk, the high physical abuse sub-group had faster increases in substance use over time. In comparison, the high sexual abuse sub-group had faster progression in substance use only at low and medium polygenic risk. Conclusions Findings provide initial evidence for biological and environmental differences among maltreatment sub-groups on trajectories of substance use.

URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105508

Keyword(s)

Polygenic risk score

Reference Type

Journal Article

Journal Title

Child Abuse & Neglect

Author(s)

Mishra, Aura Ankita
Marceau, Kristine
Christ, Sharon L.
Schwab Reese, Laura M.
Taylor, Zoe E.
Knopik, Valerie S.

Year Published

2022

Volume Number

126

DOI

10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105508

PMCID

PMC9036492

Reference ID

9611