Meta analysis N>25000: kappa between retrospective vs prospective reports of childhood maltreatment is 0.19. "The 2 measures cannot be used interchangeably to study the associated health outcomes and risk mechanisms" #measurementschmeasurement

Excited to share our new meta-analysis in @jamapsych with @andrea_danese @aaronreuben @Jo_Newbury showing that across 16 studies (N>25k), prospective and retrospective measures of childhood maltreatment identify largely different groups of people (1/5): jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap… pic.twitter.com/VtRB2cPJHj

NEW @JAMAPsych paper led by @jessiebaldwin with @aaronreuben @jo_newbury @KingsIoPPN shows prospective and retrospective measures of childhood #maltreatment identify different individuals jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…, with accompanying editorial by Cathy Widom jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

“Agreement Between Prospective and Retrospective Measures of Childhood Maltreatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis” and accompanying editorial are available at #APAAM19 booth 1124 from @JAMAPsych

Prospective versus retrospective research on childhood maltreatment identify different groups meaning they cannot be used interchangeably to study associated outcomes/risks

Prospective versus retrospective research on childhood maltreatment identify different groups meaning they cannot be used interchangeably to study associated outcomes/risks ja.ma/2UMyQxN pic.twitter.com/83V6LhsBAQ

New meta-analysis on agreement b/w prospective and retrospective measures of child maltreatment (incl our 2008 paper) has some important methodological and conceptual conclusions about how we define and assess early adversity.

#ACES is good but retrospective recall may not be same as prospective report of #trauma. Does @JAMA study have policy implications? @DrHowardLiu @shawnsidhumd @JudgeWren @cherylholt @BeingDrDeena @epflcswccm @KazJNelson @DrRachelRusso @BartAndrews @AACAP

Agreement between prospective and retrospective measures of childhood maltreatment seems to be rather low (Cohen κ = 0.19).

1/2 Big implications here for the #ACES checklist, supporting what many suspect: retrospective self-report of negative events correlates poorly with them actually occurring. @somedocs #psychtwitter @CoyneoftheRealm jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap… …

The background for this paper is summarised in a 2019 @JAMAPsych meta-analysis led by @jessiebaldwin showing that prospective and retrospective measures of child #maltreatment identify largely non-overlapping groups of individuals

The assumption of equivalence. Research shows that prospective and retrospective measures of childhood trauma identify different individuals and cannot be used interchangeably. Both constructs are important and must be studied further

Wow...there little agreement between prospective and retrospective measures of ACEs.

“Prospective and retrospective measures of childhood maltreatment identify different groups of individuals.”

An important cautionary note regarding the (in)accuracy of retrospective reports of childhood maltreatment in clinical research... @JAMAPsych jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap… pic.twitter.com/YBD1hp9Oxp