ArticleChild abuse & neglect2015
Sex and sexual orientation disparities in adverse childhood experiences and early age at sexual debut in the United States: results from a nationally representative sample.
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Teaching Youth & Families Self-Regulation Skills to Disrupt the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences: Preventing Substance Use in Adversity- Impacted Youth
Who cites it
42 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A Systematic Review of Family Victimization Experiences Among Sexual Minority Youth.The journal of primary prevention · 2018Pooled it
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- The penis speaks, but are we listening: the role of early trauma in understanding male sexual dysfunction.Sexual medicine · 2025Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and HIV-Related Stigma: A Quantitative Survey of Tanzanian Men, June 2019.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Analysis of risky sexual behaviors among male college students who were sexually active in Sichuan, China: a cross-sectional survey.AIDS research and therapy · 2024Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Outcomes Among Sexual and Gender Minorities: A Systematic Review.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2024Article
- Sex differences in the association of childhood sexual abuse severity with premarital sex among Chinese college students in Luzhou, China.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Unpacking the Impact of Early Adverse Childhood Experiences on Early Onset of Sexual Intercourse Among an Urban Birth Cohort of Early Adolescents.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Article
- Association Between Age of Anal Sex Debut and Adult Health Behaviors Among Sexual Minoritized Men Living with HIV.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Childhood Sexual Trauma and Subjective Cognitive Decline: An Assessment of Racial/Ethnic and Sexual Orientation Disparities.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023Article
- Earlier Sexual Debut and Anti-Gay Victimization Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) in Kazakhstan.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2023Article
- Earlier Sexual Debut and Exchange Sex among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Kazakhstan.Journal of sex research · 2023Article
- Characterising a syndemic among black women at risk for HIV: the role of sociostructural inequity and adverse childhood experiences.Sexually transmitted infections · 2023Article
- Parental supervision and sexual behavior among Brazilian adolescents.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Disparities by Gender and Race/Ethnicity in Child Maltreatment and Memory Performance.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2022Article
- "Went Along With": Acquiescence During First Sexual Experience and Late-Life Health.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Subjective Cognitive Decline in the US.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2022Article
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Abstract
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been linked to early sexual debut, which has been found to be associated with multiple adverse health outcomes. Sexual minorities and men tend to have earlier sexual debut compared to heterosexual populations and women, respectively. However, studies examining the association between ACEs and early sexual debut among men and sexual minorities are lacking. The aim of this study was to examine the sex and sexual orientation disparities in the association between ACEs and age at sexual debut. Data were obtained from Wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Logistic and linear regression models were used to obtain crude and adjusted estimates and 95% confidence intervals adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, income, education, insurance and marital status for the association between ACEs (neglect, physical/psychological abuse, sexual abuse, parental violence, and parental incarceration and psychopathology) and early sexual debut. Analyses were stratified by sex and sexual orientation. Larger effect estimates depicting the association between ACEs and sexual debut were seen for women compared to men, and among sexual minorities, particularly among men who have sex with men (MSM) and women who have sex with women (WSW), compared to heterosexuals. Sexual health education programs with a focus on delaying sexual debut among children and adolescents should also consider addressing ACEs, such as neglect, physical, psychological and sexual abuse, witnessing parental violence, and parental incarceration and psychopathology. Public health practitioners, researchers and sexual health education curriculum coordinators should consider these differences by sex and sexual orientation when designing these programs.
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