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ArticleChild abuse & neglect2024

A cross-cultural examination of adverse childhood experiences in low-and middle-income countries and their relation with adolescent educational aspirations.

Melissa Alcaraz, Hayley Pierce, Natalie D Eggum, Bertha Lidia Nuño-Gutiérrez, Dirgha Ghimire

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Article in Child abuse & neglect, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Melissa AlcarazBrigham Young University, United States of America. Electronic address: melissa.alcaraz@byu.edu.
Hayley PierceBrigham Young University, United States of America.
Natalie D EggumArizona State University, United States of America.
Bertha Lidia Nuño-GutiérrezUniversity of Guadalajara, Mexico.
Dirgha GhimireUniversity of Michigan, United States of America.
Brigham Young University · USArizona State University · USUniversidad de Guadalajara · MXUniversity of Michigan · US

Funding

The Population Research Institute: Development CoreP2CHD041025 · NICHD · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI Sarah Damaske · 2016 to 2026
$9.0M
Family Migration Context, Aspirations and Children's SchoolingP01HD080659 · NICHD · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI GLICK, JENNIFER E. · 2015 to 2019
$5.0M
Institute for Population ResearchP2CHD058484 · NICHD · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI HAYFORD, SARAH R · 2014 to 2023
$5.0M
NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD080659NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD041025NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD058484
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events that occur before the age of 18. Researchers have examined the negative associations between adversity and adolescent and adult outcomes, such as education and physical health. However, research on ACEs, and their association with other outcomes in non-western contexts is sparse.

objectiveThe present study aims to increase our understanding of the prevalence of ACEs - and their association with educational aspirations - in low- and middle-income country contexts. PARTICIPANTS AND

settingWe utilize data from the Family Migration and Early Life Outcomes (FAMELO) project, a multi-site survey project that collected data from families in historically high-migration contexts. ACEs and educational aspirations were measured in children aged 11 to17 years in Mexico (n = 853), Mozambique (n = 651), and Nepal (n = 1180).

methodsWe use Poisson regressions to examine the prevalence of ACEs in multiple cultures, and then use multinomial logistic regressions to examine whether ACEs are associated with educational aspirations, as a practical application of the utility of the ACEs framework in cross-cultural contexts.

resultsOur results suggest that adolescents in Mozambique have a higher average number of ACEs (2.7) than adolescents in Mexico (1.4) and Nepal (1.3). Female adolescents reported fewer ACEs, while socioeconomic vulnerabilities (low-income and low parental education) were associated with higher exposure to ACEs, with differences by country. Lastly, ACEs were associated with lower educational aspirations in Mexico and Nepal.

conclusionsOur study attempted to heed the call of many scholars who have pushed for an expansion of research on ACEs in non-western, low- and middle-income country contexts.

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Adverse Childhood ExperiencesCross-Cultural ComparisonDeveloping CountriesAdolescentChildEducational StatusFemaleHumansMaleMexicoMozambiquePrevalenceAdverse childhood experiencesCross-culturalEducationMexicoMozambiqueNepal

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PMID38531287
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