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Adverse Childhood Experiences in Children with Intellectual Disabilities: An Exploratory Case-File Study in Dutch Residential Care
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are negative childhood events occurring in a child’s family or social environment, that may cause harm or distress. Children with intellectual disabilities (ID) and their families are underrepresented in international ACEs research, while current insights can als...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6210466/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30274163 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102136 |
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author | Vervoort-Schel, Jessica Mercera, Gabriëlle Wissink, Inge Mink, Emmelie van der Helm, Peer Lindauer, Ramón Moonen, Xavier |
author_facet | Vervoort-Schel, Jessica Mercera, Gabriëlle Wissink, Inge Mink, Emmelie van der Helm, Peer Lindauer, Ramón Moonen, Xavier |
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description | Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are negative childhood events occurring in a child’s family or social environment, that may cause harm or distress. Children with intellectual disabilities (ID) and their families are underrepresented in international ACEs research, while current insights can also contribute to the improvement of their health and well-being. Deficiencies in intellectual and adaptive functioning and living circumstances can increase their vulnerability to adversities. In the present exploratory study 69 case-files of children referred to a Dutch national center for residential youth care for children with ID were analyzed to assess the prevalence and associations of ACEs. It was found that almost half (49.3%) of the children experienced 2 ACEs from the original ACEs framework or more (M (mean) = 2.1; SD (standard deviation) = 1.8) and that the number of ACEs in children was related to the presence of ACEs in parents. Both child and parental ACEs were also related to attachment- and trauma- and stressor-related disorders. Finally, living circumstances and multiple ACEs from the expanded ACEs framework, especially related to parental characteristics, were found to be related to ACEs in children with ID. This implicates the importance of a transgenerational approach when further investigating the impact of ACEs on mental and physical health in children with ID (intellectual disabilities). |
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spelling | pubmed-62104662018-11-02 Adverse Childhood Experiences in Children with Intellectual Disabilities: An Exploratory Case-File Study in Dutch Residential Care Vervoort-Schel, Jessica Mercera, Gabriëlle Wissink, Inge Mink, Emmelie van der Helm, Peer Lindauer, Ramón Moonen, Xavier Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are negative childhood events occurring in a child’s family or social environment, that may cause harm or distress. Children with intellectual disabilities (ID) and their families are underrepresented in international ACEs research, while current insights can also contribute to the improvement of their health and well-being. Deficiencies in intellectual and adaptive functioning and living circumstances can increase their vulnerability to adversities. In the present exploratory study 69 case-files of children referred to a Dutch national center for residential youth care for children with ID were analyzed to assess the prevalence and associations of ACEs. It was found that almost half (49.3%) of the children experienced 2 ACEs from the original ACEs framework or more (M (mean) = 2.1; SD (standard deviation) = 1.8) and that the number of ACEs in children was related to the presence of ACEs in parents. Both child and parental ACEs were also related to attachment- and trauma- and stressor-related disorders. Finally, living circumstances and multiple ACEs from the expanded ACEs framework, especially related to parental characteristics, were found to be related to ACEs in children with ID. This implicates the importance of a transgenerational approach when further investigating the impact of ACEs on mental and physical health in children with ID (intellectual disabilities). MDPI 2018-09-28 2018-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6210466/ /pubmed/30274163 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102136 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Vervoort-Schel, Jessica Mercera, Gabriëlle Wissink, Inge Mink, Emmelie van der Helm, Peer Lindauer, Ramón Moonen, Xavier Adverse Childhood Experiences in Children with Intellectual Disabilities: An Exploratory Case-File Study in Dutch Residential Care |
title | Adverse Childhood Experiences in Children with Intellectual Disabilities: An Exploratory Case-File Study in Dutch Residential Care |
title_full | Adverse Childhood Experiences in Children with Intellectual Disabilities: An Exploratory Case-File Study in Dutch Residential Care |
title_fullStr | Adverse Childhood Experiences in Children with Intellectual Disabilities: An Exploratory Case-File Study in Dutch Residential Care |
title_full_unstemmed | Adverse Childhood Experiences in Children with Intellectual Disabilities: An Exploratory Case-File Study in Dutch Residential Care |
title_short | Adverse Childhood Experiences in Children with Intellectual Disabilities: An Exploratory Case-File Study in Dutch Residential Care |
title_sort | adverse childhood experiences in children with intellectual disabilities: an exploratory case-file study in dutch residential care |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6210466/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30274163 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102136 |
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