Trial reportChild abuse & neglect2021
Exploring the relationship between childhood adversity and adult depression: A risk versus strengths-oriented approach.
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- A systematic review of positive childhood experiences and adult outcomes: Promotive and protective processes for resilience in the context of childhood adversity.Child abuse & neglect · 2023Pooled it
- Cognitive Specificity Enhancement Training (CoST) in depressed patients with a history of childhood maltreatment: a pilot study on the feasibility and efficacy of CoST for reducing rumination, cognitive avoidance, and depressive symptoms.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Trial
- Adverse childhood experiences and depressive symptoms across adolescence and adulthood: A latent class analysis and time-varying effect model.Child abuse & neglect · 2025Article
- The moderating and mediating role of resilience in the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and depression, PTSD, and suicidality in Kenyan youth.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- An Examination of Underlying Domains in Childhood Adversity: A Scoping Review of Studies Conducting Factor Analyses on Adverse Childhood Experiences.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Development and initial validation of a short form of the Memories of Home and Family Scale.Adversity and resilience science · 2023Article
- The Effects of Severe Childhood Physical and Sexual Abuse on Adult Socioeconomic Prosperity.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2023Article
- Unpacking the Specific Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Depressive Symptoms among the Middle-Aged and Elderly Chinese Populations: A Dimensional Approach and Latent Class Analysis in a Cohort Study.Depression and anxiety · 2023Article
- The Moderating Effect of Contact with Children on the Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Depression in Adulthood among a Chinese Adult Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Measuring positive memories of home and family during childhood: The development and initial validation of the 'Memories of Home and Family Scale'.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Profiles of Resilience among Children Exposed to Non-Maltreatment Adverse Childhood Experiences.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious research suggests a dose-response relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adult depression. Both constructs are also known correlates of child maltreatment risk.
objectivesThis study examines the relationship between a cumulative count of ACEs and adult depressive symptoms in a sample of families at risk for child maltreatment. The study also aims to determine if a new childhood caregiving environment (CCE) scale predicts adult depressive symptoms as well as or better than the traditional ACE score in this high-risk population, and whether it holds potential as a service needs assessment tool for the child maltreatment prevention field. PARTICIPANTS AND
settingBaseline survey data from a randomized control trial testing a child maltreatment prevention program in Milwaukee, Wisconsin were used. The sample (n = 618) included caregivers reported to and investigated by child protective services (CPS) for allegations of abuse or neglect.
methodsOrdinary least squares regression was used to look at the relationship between the number of ACEs, scores on the CCE scale, and adult depressive symptoms. Exploratory factor analysis was used to examine the CCE scale items in comparison to ACEs.
resultsA high ACE score was associated with more depressive symptomatology (B = 0.82, p < 0.001). Conversely, adults with higher scores on the CCE scale had fewer depressive symptoms (B = -0.30, p < 0.001). There was also preliminary evidence that the CCE scale may tap into similar underlying constructs as ACEs.
conclusionsGiven that the CCE measure favors strengths-oriented question items, it may be a promising alternative to the risk-oriented ACE score in assessing parental childhood adversities known to be associated with the maltreatment of one's own children, and as an approach for identifying service needs related to childhood trauma in a maltreatment prevention context.
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