ArticleAcademic pediatrics
Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Early Adolescent Physical Activity in the United States.
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- Understanding adverse childhood experiences within the first decade of the ABCD study: A systematic review.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- Measuring adversity in the ABCD® Study: systematic review and recommendations for best practices.BMC medical research methodology · 2025Pooled it
- A Doubly Robust Machine Learning Procedure to Estimate Disparities by Race/Ethnicity and Sex in the Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Suicidality.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2026Article
- Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Physical Activity, Recreational Screen Time, and Sleep Among U.S. Children.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Adverse childhood experiences and adolescent physical activity: mechanisms and intervention opportunities.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2026Article
- Impact of childhood adversity on suicidality among children in the United States: Does race and ethnicity moderate the association?The American journal of orthopsychiatry · 2026Article
- The longitudinal impact of adverse childhood experiences on college students' intrinsic motivation for physical exercise: the chain mediating effect of meaning in life and psychological resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Associations between specific and cumulative adverse childhood experiences, childhood obesity, and obesogenic behaviours.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Neural correlates differ between crystallized and fluid intelligence in adolescents.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- Associations of adverse childhood experiences with blood pressure among early adolescents in the United States.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2024Article
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objectiveTo determine the associations between the number of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and objectively-measured physical activity (PA) in a population-based, demographically diverse cohort of 9-14-year-olds and to determine which subtypes of ACEs were associated with physical activity levels.
methodsWe analyzed data (n = 7046) from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study 4.0 release at baseline and year 2 follow-up. ACE (cumulative score and subtypes) and physical activity (average Fitbit daily steps assessed at Year 2) were analyzed using linear regression analyses. Covariates included race and ethnicity, sex, household income, parent education, body mass index, study site, twins/siblings, and data collection period.
resultsAdjusted models suggest an inverse association between number of ACEs and Fitbit daily steps, with ≥4 (compared to 0) ACEs associated with 567 fewer daily steps (95% CI -902.2, -232.2). Of the ACEs subtypes, emotional abuse (B = -719.3, 95% CI -1430.8, -7.9), physical neglect (B = -423.7, 95% CI -752.8, -94.6), household mental illness (B = -317.1, 95% CI -488.3, -145.9), and household divorce or separation (B = -275.4, 95% CI -521.5, -29.2) were inversely and statistically significant associated with Fitbit daily steps after adjusting for confounders.
conclusionsOur results suggest that there is an inverse, dose-dependent relationship between cumulative number of ACEs and physical activity as measured by daily steps. This work highlights the importance of screening for ACEs among young people at an early age to help identify those who could benefit from interventions or community programs that support increased physical activity.
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