Open AccessThe impact of adverse childhood experiences on adolescent health risk indicators in a community sample.
Author(s) -
Elizabeth C Meeker,
Brian C. O’Connor,
Lourah M. Kelly,
Debra D Hodgeman,
Amy H Scheel-Jones,
Cassandra Berbary
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychological trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.059
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1942-9681
pISSN - 1942-969X
DOI - 10.1037/tra0001004
Subject(s) - psycinfo , mental health , poison control , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , injury prevention , psychiatry , medicine , psychology , odds , clinical psychology , intervention (counseling) , gerontology , environmental health , medline , logistic regression , pathology , political science , law
Despite growing awareness of the high prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in community samples of adolescents, little work has examined the impact of ACEs on adolescence and well-being during this critical period of development. Much research has focused on retrospective reports of ACEs by adults and adult physical and mental health, finding that ACEs contribute to a range of diseases and mental health disorders in adulthood. This study examined differences in self-reported mental health, nonsuicidal self-injury, suicidality, violence, and substance use between adolescents without self-reported history of ACEs, youth with one self-reported ACE, and youth with self-reported multiple (2 or more) ACEs.