Adverse childhood experiences and health risk behaviours among adolescents and young adults: evidence from India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic and stressful events that occur in childhood. These experiences at home, school, or in the community may damage the cognitive health and emotional skills of children and adolescents.

Objective

The present study examines the association between Adverse childhood experiences and risky health behaviour indicators while controlling other background characteristics among boys and girls. This study also assesses outcomes in the aggregate to estimate the impact of cumulative adversity on various risky health behavioural factors among boys and girls among adolescents and young adults (age group 13-23) in India.

Data and methods

Data were drawn from the second wave of the "Understanding the lives of adolescents and

SUBMITTER: Maurya C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10031876 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature