Understanding forms of childhood adversities and associations with adult health outcomes: A regression tree analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Empirical studies have demonstrated associations between ten original adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and multiple health outcomes. Identifying expanded ACEs can capture the burden of other childhood adversities that may have important health implications.

Objective

We sought to identify childhood adversities that warrant consideration as expanded ACEs. We hypothesized that experiencing expanded and original ACEs would be associated with poorer adult health outcomes compared to experiencing original ACEs alone.

Participants

The 11,545 respondents of the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) and Child and Young Adult Survey were 48.9 % female, 22.7 % Black, 15.8 % Hispanic, 36.1 % White, 1.7 % Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander/Native American/Native

SUBMITTER: Perrins SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11492381 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature