Associations of childhood adversity with emotional well-being and educational achievement: A review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Profound negative implications of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have raised public health concern worldwide.

Method

This systematic review and meta-analysis examined associations of three types of ACEs (abuse, neglect, and household dysfunctions) with experiential (emotional quality of momentary and everyday experiences) and reflective (judgments about life satisfaction, sense of meaning, and ability to pursue goals that can include and extend beyond the self) facets of emotional well-being (EWB) and educational achievement. The systematic review yielded 100 studies with 176 effect sizes that met criteria for inclusion in the meta-analysis.

Results

ACEs were related particularly strongly to lower EWB, r = -0.32, p < .001; [95 % CI: -0.44 to 0.01], bu

SUBMITTER: Yeo G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11614191 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature