ACE scores show a graded negative association with prosocial behavior trajectories from age 3 to 14¶

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q3 i? Children with more ACEs showed lower prosocial scores at age 3, with adjusted coefficients of -0.019 (1 ACE), -0.042 (2 ACEs), and -0.059 (3+ ACEs), with a graded pattern persisting through age 14. → Leonardo Bevilacqua 2021

Evidence¶

Leonardo Bevilacqua 2021¶

Leonardo Bevilacqua, Yvonne Kelly, Anja Heilmann, Naomi Priest, Rebecca E. Lacey. (2021). Adverse childhood experiences and trajectories of internalizing, externalizing, and prosocial behaviors from childhood to adolescence. Child Abuse & Neglect 112 (2021) 104890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104890

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Linear mixed effects models on 8,859 MCS children tested ACE scores against log-transformed SDQ prosocial trajectories across ages 3-14, adjusted for gender, ethnicity, and poverty. The article states "there was a graded association between the number of ACEs reported and prosocial score at age 3 (more ACEs, lower score)".

"prosocial behaviors (ACE score of 1: β=-0.019; ACE score of 2: β=-0.042; ACE score of 3: β=-0.059)"

Discussion¶

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