ArticlePediatrics2016
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Well-Being in a Low-income, Urban Cohort.
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- Breaking the Cycle: Investigating Family Resilience as a Pathway to Better Adolescent Mental, Emotional, Developmental, and Behavioral Health Outcomes.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2026Article
- Negative and positive childhood experiences with regard to PTSD and subjective well-being in the national sample of Poles.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Are they looking for support? Mental health and trauma awareness as predictors of mental health help-seeking behaviour among young adults and adolescents in Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Adolescent Behavioral Health Challenges, and High School Dropout.The Journal of school health · 2025Article
- Evaluation of a Trauma-Informed Nutrition Curriculum for Women With Children Living in Transitional Housing.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
- The intersection of adverse childhood experiences and neighborhood determinants of health: An exploratory spatial analysis.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2024Article
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- Risk and Protective Factors for African American Kinship Caregiving: A Scoping Review.Children and youth services review · 2024Article
- Adverse childhood experiences among people with schizophrenia at comprehensive specialized hospitals in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: a comparative study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences, Interpersonal Violence, and Racial Disparities in Early Prenatal Care in North Dakota (ND PRAMS 2017-2019).Journal of interpersonal violence · 2024Article
- Cumulative trauma, adversity, and loss among juvenile justice-involved girls: Implications for health disparities.Journal of traumatic stress · 2023Article
- Violent Experiences and Patterns of Firearm Ownership From Childhood to Young Adulthood.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Adverse childhood experiences and living in the socially deprived areas in adulthood: a cross-sectional study of the nationwide data in Japan.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Trends and forecasted rates of adverse childhood experiences among adults in the United States: an analysis of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.Journal of osteopathic medicine · 2023Article
- Evaluation of Midlife Educational Attainment Among Attendees of a Comprehensive Early Childhood Education Program in the Context of Early Adverse Childhood Experiences.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Evaluating an ACT-Based Brief Intervention for Educators Treatment Package on Reported Well-Being and ACT-Consistent Language in the Classroom.Behavior analysis in practice · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study tests the association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and multidimensional well-being in early adulthood for a low-income, urban cohort, and whether a preschool preventive intervention moderates this association.
methodsFollow-up data were analyzed for 1202 low-income, minority participants in the Chicago Longitudinal Study, a prospective investigation of the impact of early experiences on life-course well-being. Born between 1979 and 1980 in high-poverty neighborhoods, individuals retrospectively reported ACEs from birth to adolescence, except in cases of child abuse and neglect.
resultsNearly two-thirds of the study sample experienced ≥1 ACEs by age 18. After controlling for demographic factors and early intervention status, individuals reporting ACEs were significantly more likely to exhibit poor outcomes than those with no ACEs. Those with ≥4 ACEs had significantly reduced likelihood of high school graduation (odds ratio [OR] = 0.37; P < .001), increased risk for depression (OR = 3.9; P < .001), health compromising behaviors (OR = 4.5; P < .001), juvenile arrest (OR = 3.1; P < .001), and felony charges (OR = 2.8; P < .001). They were also less likely to hold skilled jobs (OR = 0.50; P = .001) and to go further in school even for adversity measured by age 5.
conclusionsACEs consistently predicted a diverse set of adult outcomes in a high-risk, economically disadvantaged sample. Effective and widely available preventive interventions are needed to counteract the long-term consequences of ACEs.
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