Subjective and Objective Experiences of Childhood Adversity

Jun 12, 2023, 10:09 AM

In this Papers Podcast, Emma Francis and Dr. Jessie Baldwin discuss their co-authored JCPP paper ‘Subjective and objective experiences of childhood adversity: a meta-analysis of their agreement and relationships with psychopathology’.

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.24006

In this Papers Podcast, Emma Francis and Dr. Jessie Baldwin discuss their co-authored JCPP paper ‘Subjective and objective experiences of childhood adversity: a meta-analysis of their agreement and relationships with psychopathology’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13803).

There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.

Discussion points include:

  • Why they focused on subjective and objective experiences of childhood adversity in this research.
  • A definition of subjective measure of childhood adversity.
  • A definition of objective measures of childhood adversity.
  • The number of studies identified in their systematic search and what these included.
  • The implications of this study from a research perspective.
  • The implications of this study from child and adolescent mental health practitioner perspective.
  • Potential misconceptions about this research.
In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances.