Consistent with our hypotheses, childhood trauma prior to age 13 was associated with differences in neural connectivity, supporting theoretical and empirical research that traumatic events occurring early in life may alter neurodevelopment (Bremner, 2006; Cook et al., 2009). In females, we found that sexual trauma was associated with higher baseline and decreased growth in all three EEGc pairs. In males, we found lower baseline but increased growth of LFC EEGc in those with childhood physical assaultive trauma. Interestingly, non-assaultive trauma was also associated with decreased baseline LFC EEGc in males and females, as well as decreased RFC EEGc baseline in females only. These effects suggest that different types of trauma exposure may have differential effects on neural connectivity, wherein sexual assaultive trauma in females is associated with heightened baseline EEGc and physical assaultive trauma in males and non-assaultive trauma in both sexes are associated with lower baseline EEGc. This aligns with literature that indicates threat versus deprivation may contribute to different types of alterations in neurodevelopment (McLaughlin, Sheridan, & Lambert, 2014), as well as literature that the impact of trauma
