Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can affect development in ways that disrupt the formation of human capital and contribute to later-life morbidity and mortality.Theories of development predict that the timing of adversity will affect its outcomes.However, empirical evidence for timing-specific effects remains scant.In this issue of JAMA Network Open, Andersen 1 reports an analysis of population-register data from Denmark that suggests timing-specific associations of household dysfunction ACEs with young people's successful transition to adulthood.Andersen's study 1 linked data from several Danish registers to compose records tracking children born between 1987 and 1995 and their families from the child's birth until they reached age 19 years.The analysis tested how exposure to household dysfunction ACEs during ages 0 to 2, 3 to 5, 6 to 12, and 13 to 17 years were associated with disruptions in children's transition to adulthood.Children's ACE exposure was measured from records of parental unemployment, incarceration, psychiatric diagnoses, and divorce as well as children's placement in foster care.Disruption to the transition to adulthood was measured from records of education, employment, criminal charges, and psychiatric diagnoses.Andersen's
Source: JAMA Network Open
Institutions: Columbia University, University of Zurich
Language: English
Topic: Child Abuse and Trauma
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,000
OpenAlex ID: W3119252144