Parents' Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Children's Behavioral Health Problems. 2018

Adam Schickedanz, and Neal Halfon, and Narayan Sastry, and Paul J Chung
Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine and aschickedanz@mednet.ucla.edu.

: media-1vid110.1542/5789654354001PEDS-VA_2018-0023Video Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) include stressful and potentially traumatic events associated with higher risk of long-term behavioral problems and chronic illnesses. Whether parents' ACE counts (an index of standard ACEs) confer intergenerational risk to their children's behavioral health is unknown. In this study, we estimate the risk of child behavioral problems as a function of parent ACE counts. We obtained retrospective information on 9 ACEs self-reported by parents and parent reports of their children's (1) behavioral problems (using the Behavior Problems Index [BPI]), (2) attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder diagnosis, and (3) emotional disturbance diagnosis from the 2013 Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) core interview and the linked PSID Childhood Retrospective Circumstances Study and 2014 PSID Child Development Supplement. Multivariate linear and logistic regression models were used to estimate child behavioral health outcomes by parent retrospective ACE count. Children of parents with a history of 4 or more ACEs had on average a 2.3-point (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.3-3.2) higher score on the BPI, 2.1 times (95% CI: 1.1-3.8) higher odds of hyperactivity, and 4.2 times (95% CI: 1.7-10.8) higher odds of an emotional disturbance diagnosis than children of parents with no ACEs. Maternal ACEs revealed a stronger association with child behavior problems than paternal ACEs. Relationships between parents' 9 component ACEs individually and children's BPI scores revealed consistently positive associations. Mediation by parent emotional distress and aggravation were observed. Parents with greater exposure to ACEs are more likely to have children with behavioral health problems.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010287 Parent-Child Relations The interactions between parent and child. Parent-Offspring Interaction,Parent Child Relationship,Parent-Child Relationship,Interaction, Parent-Offspring,Parent Child Relations,Parent Child Relationships,Parent Offspring Interaction,Parent-Child Relation,Parent-Child Relationships,Parent-Offspring Interactions,Relation, Parent-Child,Relationship, Parent Child,Relationship, Parent-Child
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002653 Child Behavior Disorders Disturbances considered to be pathological based on age and stage appropriateness, e.g., conduct disturbances and anaclitic depression. This concept does not include psychoneuroses, psychoses, or personality disorders with fixed patterns. Childhood Behavior Disorders,Behavior Disorder, Child,Behavior Disorder, Childhood,Child Behavior Disorder,Childhood Behavior Disorder,Disorder, Childhood Behavior
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000067576 Child Health The concept covering the physical and mental conditions of CHILDREN. Child Wellbeing,Child Well Being,Child Well-Being,Children's Health,Childrens Health,Health, Child,Health, Children's,Health, Childrens,Well Being, Child,Well-Being, Child,Wellbeing, Child
D000076783 Adverse Childhood Experiences Deleterious experiences in first 18 years of life. Adolescent Trauma,Childhood Trauma,Early Life Stress,Early-Life Stress,Traumatic Childhood Experiences,Adolescent Traumas,Adverse Childhood Experience,Childhood Experience, Adverse,Childhood Experience, Traumatic,Childhood Experiences, Adverse,Childhood Experiences, Traumatic,Childhood Traumas,Early Life Stresses,Early-Life Stresses,Experience, Traumatic Childhood,Experiences, Traumatic Childhood,Life Stress, Early,Life Stresses, Early,Stress, Early Life,Stress, Early-Life,Stresses, Early Life,Stresses, Early-Life,Trauma, Adolescent,Trauma, Childhood,Traumas, Adolescent,Traumas, Childhood,Traumatic Childhood Experience
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths

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