Racial and Ethnic Differences in Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Outcomes in Adulthood

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dc.contributor.authorMack, Sallie
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-19T18:58:16Z
dc.date.available2020-11-19T18:58:16Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractAdverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been linked to many negative physical and mental health disorders in adulthood. Many individuals in the United States have ACEs, and rates are higher among people of color. Less is known about how to prevent these physical and mental health disorders and symptoms for individuals with ACEs. Five different factors may help in intervening on the negative effects of ACEs. These include: mental wellness, healthy relationships, physical activity, sleep and nutrition (Burke Harris, 2018). This study investigated how these factors influence health in adulthood for individuals with ACEs. The current researcher used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and looked at how the aforementioned factors worked for five different racial and ethnic groups. Results from this study showed that individuals with ACEs had worse scores related to mental wellness, healthy relationships, sleep, physical activity, and nutrition. Additionally, many of these factors were also related to physical and mental health. Some of these relationships differed among racial/ethnic groups. These results may indicate that these factors could be useful for intervening with individuals with ACEs to prevent negative health outcomes and that some factors may be more important or useful for some racial/ethnic groups. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationMack, Sallie. (2020). Racial and Ethnic Differences in Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Outcomes in Adulthood. (Masters Thesis). Utah State University.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=9089&context=etd
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4930
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUtah State Universityen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjecttraumaen_US
dc.subjectlong term effectsen_US
dc.subjectpsychological effectsen_US
dc.subjecteating disordersen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titleRacial and Ethnic Differences in Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Outcomes in Adulthooden_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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