"Dimensions of deprivation and threat, psychopathology, and potential mediators: A multi-year longitudinal analysis": Correction to Miller et al. (2018).

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Reports an error in "Dimensions of deprivation and threat, psychopathology, and potential mediators: A multi-year longitudinal analysis" by Adam Bryant Miller, Margaret A. Sheridan, Jamie L. Hanson, Katie A. McLaughlin, John E. Bates, Jennifer E. Lansford, Gregory S. Pettit and Kenneth A. Dodge (Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2018[Feb], Vol 127[2], 160-170). In the article, the indirect effects in the Path Analysis Model section of the Results (i.e., in paragraph 3 of the Model 1 subsection and paragraphs 1-4 of the Alternative models subsection) are incorrectly reported as standardized βs and should have been represented by βs for unstandardized indirect effects. Nevertheless, the pattern of results remains unchanged, and the standardized indirect effects are significant. Additional minor corrections to standardized βs for direct paths are as follows: In paragraph 1 of the Alternative models subsection, "β = 0.40" should read "β = 0.50." In paragraph 4 of the Alternative models subsection, "β = 0.05," "β = 0.12," and "β = 0.002, p = .97" should read " β = 0.12," "β = 0.09," and "β = 0.3, p = .70," respectively. Finally, the corresponding author's e-mail address is incorrect and should read adam.miller@unc.edu. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2018-09964-003.) Prior research demonstrates a link between exposure to childhood adversity and psychopathology later in development. However, work on mechanisms linking adversity to psychopathology fails to account for specificity in these pathways across different types of adversity. Here, we test a conceptual model that distinguishes deprivation and threat as distinct forms of childhood adversity with different pathways to psychopathology. Deprivation involves an absence of inputs from the environment, such as cognitive and social stimulation, that influence psychopathology by altering cognitive development, such as verbal abilities. Threat includes experiences involving harm or threat of harm that increase risk for psychopathology through disruptions in social-emotional processing. We test the prediction that deprivation, but not threat, increases risk for psychopathology through altered verbal abilities. Data were drawn from the Child Development Project (N = 585), which followed children for over a decade. We analyze data from assessment points at age 5, 6, 14, and 17 years. Mothers completed interviews at age 5 and 6 on exposure to threat and deprivation experiences. Youth verbal abilities were assessed at age 14. At age 17, mothers reported on child psychopathology. A path analysis model tested longitudinal paths to internalizing and externalizing problems from experiences of deprivation and threat. Consistent with predictions, deprivation was associated with risk for externalizing problems via effects on verbal abilities at age 14. Threat was associated longitudinally with both internalizing and externalizing problems, but these effects were not mediated by verbal abilities. Results suggest that unique developmental mechanisms link different forms of adversity with psychopathology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).