Measuring adversity in the ABCD® Study: systematic review and recommendations for best practices.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early life adversity (ELA) has substantial, lifelong impacts on mental and physical health and development. Data from the ABCD® Study will provide essential insights into these effects. Because the study lacks a unified adversity assessment, our objective was to use a critical, human-driven approach to identify variables that fit ELA domains measured in this study.

Methods

We clarify best practices in measurement of adversity in the ABCD Study through the creation of adversity scores based on the well-established Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) questionnaire and another inclusive of broader ELA. Variables previously used to measure adversity in the ABCD dataset were determined via literature review. We assessed each variable to identify its utility in measuri

SUBMITTER: Breslin FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11921744 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature