ArticlePediatrics2024
Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Adolescents.
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- 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
- Adverse childhood experiences and gastrointestinal symptoms in US youth: Psychosocial pathways and protective contexts.Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2026Article
- Association of Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity with Adverse Childhood Experiences in Georgia, USA.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Multiple Adverse Childhood Experiences and Maternal Mental Health Outcomes Among Kenyan Mothers With and Without HIV.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Impact of adverse childhood experiences on kidney health.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Article
- Determination of At-Risk Pediatric Population in Orthopaedic Fracture Clinic Using Pediatric Adverse Childhood Experiences and Related Life Events Screener.Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America · 2026Article
- Mediation role of artificial intelligence exposure in adverse childhood experiences: related mental health risks among college students.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Prevalence of Stressful Life Events among a Racially Diverse National Sample of Adolescents.Research square · 2026Article
- Adverse Experiences, Protective Factors, and Obesity in Latinx and Hispanic Youths.JAMA network open · 2025Article
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- Short-term maternal oxytocin administration may protect against poor outcomes of adverse childhood experiences in the offspring.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025Article
- Probing the roles of developmentally active neurons, in early-life adversity induced disruptions of adult behaviors.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Review
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Abstract
objectiveAdverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are preventable, potentially traumatic events with lifelong negative impacts. Population-level data on ACEs among adolescents have historically relied on parent reports and excluded abuse-related ACEs. We present the self-reported prevalence of ACEs among a large population-based sample of US high school students.
methodsUsing cross-sectional, state-representative data from 16 states that included core ACE questions on their 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, we estimate the prevalence of 8 individual (lifetime emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, physical neglect, witnessed intimate partner violence, household substance use, household poor mental health, incarcerated parent or guardian) and cumulative ACEs (0, 1, 2-3, ≥4) among a large population-based sample of adolescents, overall and by demographic characteristics (sex, race and ethnicity, age, sexual orientation).
resultsEmotional abuse (65.8%), household poor mental health (36.1%), and physical abuse (32.5%) had the highest prevalence. ACEs were very common, with 80.5% of adolescents experiencing at least 1 ACE and 22.4% experiencing ≥4 ACEs. Experiencing ≥4 ACEs was highest among adolescents who were female (27.7%), non-Hispanic multiracial (33.7%), non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native (27.1%), gay or lesbian (36.5%), bisexual (42.1%), or who described their sexual identity some other way or were not sure of their sexual identity (questioning) (36.5%).
conclusionsSelf-reported ACE estimates among adolescents exceed previously published parent-reported estimates. ACEs are not equally distributed, with important differences in individual and cumulative ACEs by demographic characteristics. Collecting ACE data directly from adolescents at the state level provides actionable data for prevention and mitigation.
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