Social Safety and Health Outcomes in Emerging Adults: Interactions of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Discrimination.

ABSTRACT: Social safety theory suggests that individuals from minoritized racial and ethnic groups or sexual and gender diverse (SGD) groups are exposed to multilevel and interacting stressors, which can set the stage for adverse health outcomes. Using a social safety framework, we examine interactions between discrimination and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on health outcomes and how these interactions may differ by race and ethnicity or SGD status among young adults. An online survey with 2287 young adults (mean age = 25.8 years; 55.5% female) assessed ACEs and interpersonal discrimination and sleep quality, problematic alcohol or cannabis use, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Linear regression analyses tested interactions between ACEs and discrimination in relation to th

SUBMITTER: Troxel WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12812034 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature