TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Childhood environmental instability and social-emotional outcomes in emerging adults
JO  - Journal of interpersonal violence
A1  - Babad, Sara
A1  - Zwilling, Amanda
A1  - Carson, Kaitlin W.
A1  - Fairchild, Victoria
A1  - Nikulina, Valentina
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can negatively affect social-emotional functioning. The association between individual and cumulative ACEs and social-emotional domains of self-esteem, loneliness, and negotiation in intimate partner relationships has not been explored in low-risk emerging adults, a gap this study aims to fill. An online survey was administered to undergraduate emerging adults, ages 18 to 25 years (Mage = 19.73, SD = 1.83; N = 436; 20.60% Hispanic; 63.80% female). The ACEs Survey, Child Abuse Potential Inventory, and Conflict Tactics Scale-2nd Edition were used. Three multivariate ordinary least squares regressions were run, each including predictors significant in bivariate analyses and outcomes of self-esteem, loneliness, and negotiation for each regression. Emotional abuse, B = -.20, p <.01; emotional neglect, B = -.21, p <.001; and substance using family member, B = -.12, p <.05, were negatively associated with self-esteem; emotional neglect, B =.11, p <.01, and cumulative ACEs, B =.16, p <.01, were positively associated with loneliness; and incarcerated family member was positively associated with negotiation, B =.12, p <.05. Overall, these findings suggest that individual ACEs associated with environmental instability (e.g., emotional abuse) are strong predictors of social-emotional outcomes, relative to ACEs associated with more direct physical harm (e.g., sexual abuse).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-2605
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260520948147
ID  - ref1
ER  -