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Adverse childhood experiences and substance use among Hispanic emerging adults in Southern California.
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- Adverse Childhood Experiences and alcohol use among U.S.-born and immigrant Latinx youth: the roles of social support and stress hormones.Journal of child and family studies · 2023Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Risk Patterns of Alcohol and Cannabis Co-Use: A Longitudinal Study of Puerto Rican Youth.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Article
- Associations of childhood maltreatment with binge eating and binge drinking in emerging adult women.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- The Associations of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) With Substance Use in Young Adults: A Systematic Review.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2023Review
- Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Resilience and Mental Health in a Hispanic Community.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2022Article
- The mediating role of impulsivity in the associations between child maltreatment types and past month substance use.Child abuse & neglect · 2022Article
- The influence of childhood and early adult adversities on substance use behaviours in racial/ethnically diverse young adult women: a latent class analysis.International journal of injury control and safety promotion · 2022Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Depressive Symptoms among Young Adult Hispanic Immigrants: Moderating and Mediating Effects of Distinct Facets of Acculturation Stress.Issues in mental health nursing · 2022Article
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introductionEmerging adults who experienced stressful childhoods may engage in substance use as a maladaptive coping strategy. Given the collectivistic values Hispanics encounter growing up, adverse childhood experiences may play a prominent role in substance use decisions as these events violate the assumptions of group oriented cultural paradigms. Alternatively, adverse childhood events might not increase the risk of substance use because strong family ties could mitigate the potential maladaptive behaviors associated with these adverse experiences. This study examined whether adverse childhood experiences were associated with substance use among Hispanic emerging adults.
methodParticipants (n = 1420, mean age = 22, 41% male) completed surveys indicating whether they experienced any of 8 specific adverse experiences within their first 18 years of life, and past-month cigarette use, marijuana use, hard drug use, and binge drinking. Logistic regression models examined the associations between adverse childhood experiences and each category of substance use, controlling for age, gender, and depressive symptoms.
resultsThe number of adverse childhood experiences was significantly associated with each category of substance use. A difference in the number of adverse childhood experiences, from 0 to 8, was associated with a 22% higher probability of cigarette smoking, a 24% higher probability of binge drinking, a 31% higher probability of marijuana use, and a 12% higher probability of hard drug use respectively.
conclusionsThese findings should be integrated into prevention/intervention programs in hopes of quelling the duration and severity of substance use behaviors among Hispanic emerging adults.
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