Adverse childhood experiences and crime outcomes in early adulthood: A multi-method approach in a Brazilian birth cohort.

Autor: Bauer A; Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil; Human Development and Violence Research Centre (DOVE), Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil., Martins RC; Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil; Human Development and Violence Research Centre (DOVE), Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil., Hammerton G; Human Development and Violence Research Centre (DOVE), Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil; Centre for Academic Mental Health, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK., Hoffmann MS; Department of Neuropsychiatry, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil; Mental Health Epidemiology Group (MHEG), Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil; Graduate Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil., Cardoso AS; Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil; Human Development and Violence Research Centre (DOVE), Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil., Colvara C; Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil., Hartmann CF; Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil., Calegaro G; Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil., Perrone LR; Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil; Human Development and Violence Research Centre (DOVE), Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil., Aurélio N; Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil., Menezes AMB; Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil., Murray J; Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil; Human Development and Violence Research Centre (DOVE), Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil. Electronic address: j.murray@doveresearch.org.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Psychiatry research [Psychiatry Res] 2024 Apr; Vol. 334, pp. 115809. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 19.
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115809
Abstrakt: This study aimed to investigate alternative approaches to a cumulative risk score in the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and crime. Using data from the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort (n = 3236), we measured 12 ACEs up to 15 years, and past-year violent and non-violent crime at 22 years. We used four analytical approaches: single adversities, cumulative risk, latent class analysis, and network analysis. When examined individually, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and domestic violence were associated with both crime outcomes, whereas maternal mental illness and discrimination were associated with violent crime only, and parental divorce and poverty with non-violent crime only. There was a cumulative effect of ACEs on crime. The class with child maltreatment and household challenges was associated with both crime outcomes; exposure to household challenges and social risks was associated with violent crime only. In network models, crime showed conditional associations with physical abuse, maternal mental illness, and parental divorce. Although cumulative ACEs did associate with crime, some individual and combinations of ACEs showed particularly strong and robust effects, which were not captured by the cumulative score. Many ACEs are closely connected and/or cluster together, and the usefulness of the ACE score needs to be further evaluated.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest None.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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