Sexual identity-related inequalities in associations between adverse childhood experiences and health in late adolescence-A national cohort study.

ABSTRACT: This study examined associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and mental health and health-risk behaviours, including differences by sexual minority (SM) identity. We included 8,686 adolescents (males = 50.7%, SM = 10.3%) from the UK-wide Millennium Cohort Study with data on eight ACEs (e.g., domestic violence, parental psychological distress, bullying) recorded between ages 3-14 and a wide-range of health indicators and health-risk behaviours at age 17. Associations between 1) Sexual identity and ACEs were analysed using multinomial logistic regression and 2) Cumulative ACE scores and all outcomes were analysed using linear/logistic regression (with appropriate interactions assessing differences in ACE-outcome associations by sexual identity and adjusted for sex, ethnicity

SUBMITTER: Chandrasekar R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11633990 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature