Psychotic‐like experiences and adverse life events in young people. Does gender matter?-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Psychotic‐like experiences and adverse life events in young people. Does gender matter?

Published:2023-08-23 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1475-357X
Container-title:Child and Adolescent Mental Health
language:en
Short-container-title:Child Adoles Ment Health

Author:

Adjorlolo Samuel¹²^ORCID,Awortwe Victoria³,Anum Adote⁴,Huang Keng‐Yen⁵⁶,Mamah Daniel⁷

Affiliation:

1. Department of Mental Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health Sciences University of Ghana Accra Ghana

2. Research and Grant Institute of Ghana Accra Ghana

3. Department of Women's and Children's Health Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden

4. Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, College of Humanities University of Ghana Accra Ghana

5. Department of Population Health New York University School of Medicine New York NY USA

6. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry New York University School of Medicine New York NY USA

7. Department of Psychiatry Washington University Medical School St. Louis MO USA

Abstract

BackgroundPsychotic‐like experiences (PLEs) and adverse life events (ALEs) are highly prevalent in sub‐Saharan Africa where gendered practices are also common. There is, however, a paucity of data on how the relationship between PLEs and life adversities is influenced by gender. The current study addressed this gap.MethodData were collected from 1886 school‐based young people (1174 females) in Ghana, West Africa using a cross‐sectional survey methodology and analyzed using Chi‐square, independent t‐test, Pearson correlation, and multivariate regression.ResultsThe results showed that victimization experiences, school stress and having a family member with mental illness were significantly associated with PLEs in both males and females. In contrast, substance misuse and experiences of head trauma correlated significantly with PLEs in females only.ConclusionLife adversities constitute major risk factors for PLEs among school‐based young people in Ghana, who could benefit from gender neutral and gender‐sensitive intervention programming to remediate the effects of life adversities on PLEs.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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