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Four adversities commonly linked to psychopathology (caregiver physical\/emotional abuse; sexual\/physical abuse; financial stress; parent legal problems) were measured repeatedly from birth to age 8. Using a statistical modeling approach grounded in least angle regression, we determined the theoretical model(s) explaining the most variability (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      ) in psychopathology symptoms measured at age 8 using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire and evaluated the magnitude of each association.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0033291718000181_sec_a3\" sec-type=\"results\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>Recency<\/jats:italic>\n                      was the best fitting theoretical model for the effect of physical\/sexual abuse (girls\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      = 2.35%; boys\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      = 1.68%). Both\n                      <jats:italic>recency<\/jats:italic>\n                      (girls\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      = 1.55%) and\n                      <jats:italic>accumulation<\/jats:italic>\n                      (boys\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      = 1.71%) were the best fitting models for caregiver physical\/emotional abuse.\n                      <jats:italic>Sensitive period<\/jats:italic>\n                      models were chosen alone (parent legal problems in boys\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      = 0.29%) and with\n                      <jats:italic>accumulation<\/jats:italic>\n                      (financial stress in girls\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      = 3.08%) more rarely. Substantial effect sizes were observed (standardized mean differences = 0.22\u20131.18).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0033291718000181_sec_a4\" sec-type=\"conclusion\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Child psychopathology symptoms are primarily explained by recency and accumulation models. Evidence for sensitive periods did not emerge strongly in these data. These findings underscore the need to measure the characteristics of adversity, which can aid in understanding disease mechanisms and determining how best to reduce the consequences of exposure to adversity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0033291718000181","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,26]],"date-time":"2018-02-26T04:39:12Z","timestamp":1519619952000},"page":"2562-2572","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":169,"title":["What life course theoretical models best explain the relationship between exposure to childhood adversity and psychopathology symptoms: recency, accumulation, or sensitive periods?"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"48","author":[{"given":"Erin C.","family":"Dunn","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thomas W.","family":"Soare","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Miriam 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