Lifetime history of 21 potentially traumatic events (DSM-IV Criterion A) were drawn from cSSAGA-A baseline assessments. Based on evidence that interpersonal assaultive events are more “potent” than non-assaultive events, that traumatic events cluster together, and to remain consistent with prior studies (Meyers et al., 2019; Neale et al., 2024; Subbie-Saenz de Viteri et al., 2020), we constructed three non-mutually exclusive variables representing report of 1) one or more childhood physical assaultive traumas (CPAT; stabbed, shot, mugged, threatened with a weapon, robbed, kidnapped, held captive), 2) childhood sexual assaultive traumas (CSAT; rape or molestation), and 3) childhood non-assaultive traumas (CNAT; life-threatening accident, disaster, witnessing someone seriously injured or killed, unexpectedly finding a dead body). We limited childhood trauma to those incidents reportedly experienced by age 12 to ensure that traumatic exposure occurred prior to baseline EEGc measures. CPAT, CSAT, and CNAT were endorsed by 12.22%, 5.00%, and 34.49% of the sample, respectively. Lifetime trauma exposure was based on endorsement of any of the above-described traumatic events from baseline through Follow-up 3.
