@article{ref1,
title="Examining associations between adverse childhood experiences and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among young survivors of urban violence",
journal="Journal of urban health",
year="2022",
author="Tabb, Loni Philip and Rich, John A. and Waite, Daria and Alberto, Cinthya and Harris, Erica and Gardner, James and Gentile, Nina and Corbin, Theodore J.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Our study examines the association between Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among survivors of violence. In this cross-sectional study, an ACE questionnaire and PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) were completed by 147 participants ≤ 3 months after presenting to a Philadelphia, PA emergency department between 2014 and 2019 with a violent injury. This study treated ACEs, both separate and cumulative, as exposures and PTSD symptom severity as the outcome. Most participants (63.3%) met criteria for provisional PTSD, 90% reported experiencing ≥ 1 ACE, and 39% reported experiencing ≥ 6 ACEs. Specific ACEs were associated with increasing PCL-5 scores and increased risk for provisional PTSD. Additionally, as participants' cumulative ACE scores increased, their PCL-5 scores worsened (b = 0.16; p < 0.05), and incremental ACE score increases predicted increased odds for a positive provisional PTSD screen. <br><br>RESULTS provide further evidence that ACEs exacerbate the development of PTSD in young survivors of violence. Future research should explore targeted interventions to treat PTSD among survivors of interpersonal violence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1099-3460",
doi="10.1007/s11524-022-00628-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11524-022-00628-4"
}