Contextualizing Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Intersections of Individual and Community Adversity

Warner, Tara D.; Leban, Lindsay; Pester, Danielle A.; Walker, Jeffery T.

doi:10.1007/s10964-022-01713-2

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“…For example, researchers should explore more diverse negative emotional states that could mediate the relationship between ACEs and delinquency in notable ways by gender and consider breaking up broader measures of negative emotional states into smaller individual symptoms (e.g., guilt, shame), each of which could have different relevance for boys and girls. Future research might also consider broadening events considered ACEs (e.g., Warner et al, 2023), particularly as some adversities may have unique relevance for girls versus boys.…”

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Gendered Relationships Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Negative Emotional States, and Violent Delinquency

Leban

Delacruz

2023

J Interpers Violence

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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been linked to a host of negative health and behavioral outcomes, including crime, delinquency, and violence. Recent work on ACEs suggests that the impact of ACEs differs by gender, but research is unclear on the mechanisms of this relationship and how they impact violent delinquency. To explore whether and how the impact of ACEs on violent delinquency varies by gender, this study draws on Broidy and Agnew’s gendered expansion of general strain theory (GST), which proposes that a key explanation for the gendered impact of strain on crime lies in gender differences in the negative emotional states that mediate the relationship. Using longitudinal data on a sample of 979 at-risk youth (558 girls and 421 boys) from the Longitudinal Studies on Child Abuse and Neglect, this study examines the impact of ACEs (sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, physical neglect, supervisory neglect, parent mental illness, parent intimate partner violence, parent substance use, parent criminality, and family trauma) on violent delinquency by gender with consideration of the three negative emotional states hypothesized by GST—anger, depression, and anxiety. Results indicate that ACEs increase the odds of violent delinquency for both boys and girls, but that this relationship is significantly stronger for boys. Mediation models suggest that anger mediates the link between ACEs and violent delinquency for girls. Implications for research and policy centering on ACEs are discussed.

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Gendered Relationships Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Negative Emotional States, and Violent Delinquency

Leban

Delacruz

2023

J Interpers Violence

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“…For instance, while experienced by 1 in 7 United States (US) children (1). ACEs are disproportionately reported by individuals residing in Black, low-income, and urban communities (2)(3)(4)(5). Maguire-Jack et al (3) found that among a national child sample, Black children were significantly more likely to have ACE exposures than white children, with 64% of Black children having at least one ACE exposure compared to 41% of white children (3).…”

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Experiences of childhood, intimate partner, non-partner, and hate crime-related violence among a sample of people living with HIV in the epicenter of the U.S. HIV epidemic

Sales,

Anderson,

Livingston

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Front. Public Health

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IntroductionExperiences of violence among people living with HIV (PLWH) are thought to be highly prevalent but remain inadequately captured. As a first step toward acceptable, trauma informed practices that improve engagement and retention in care for PLWH, we must acquire more comprehensive understanding of violence experiences. We examined experiences of various forms of lifetime violence: adverse childhood experiences (ACES), intimate partner violence (IPV), non-partner violence (NPV), and hate crimes among diverse sample of PLWH in Atlanta, Georgia.MethodsCross sectional data collected from in- and out-of-care PLWH (N = 285) receiving care/support from Ryan White Clinics (RWCs), AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs), or large safety-net hospital, February 2021–December 2022. As part of larger study, participants completed interviewer-administered survey and reported on experiences of violence, both lifetime and past year. Participant characteristics and select HIV-related variables were collected to further describe the sample. Univariate and bivariate analyses assessed participant characteristics across types of violence.ResultsHigh prevalence of past violence experiences across all types (ACES: 100%, IPV: 88.7%, NPV: 97.5%, lifetime hate crimes 93.2%). People assigned male at birth who identified as men experienced more violence than women, with exception of non-partner forced sex. Participants identifying as gay men were more likely to have experienced violence.ConclusionAmong our sample of PLWH at the epicenter of the United States HIV epidemic, histories of interpersonal and community violence are common. Findings emphasize need for RWCs, ASOs, and hospital systems to be universally trained in trauma-informed approaches and have integrated onsite mental health and social support services.

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Early childhood adversity: How Judith Harris’ theory helps to explain the relationship between ACEs and delinquency

Novak

2024

Developmental Review

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Contextualizing Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Intersections of Individual and Community Adversity

Cited by 13 publications

References 59 publications

Gendered Relationships Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Negative Emotional States, and Violent Delinquency

Gendered Relationships Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Negative Emotional States, and Violent Delinquency

Experiences of childhood, intimate partner, non-partner, and hate crime-related violence among a sample of people living with HIV in the epicenter of the U.S. HIV epidemic

Early childhood adversity: How Judith Harris’ theory helps to explain the relationship between ACEs and delinquency

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