ACEs | All Samplec | ||
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N (%) | Mean | SD | |
Did you experience any of the following events before the age of 18 years? | |||
Household dysfunction | |||
Lived with someone who was mentally ill or suicidal | 5 (2.5) | 3.28 | 1.19 |
Lived with a problem drinker or alcoholic | 18 (8.9) | 2.86 | 1.10 |
Lived with someone who used illicit street drugs or abused prescription medications | 3 (1.5) | 2.62 | 1.06 |
Lived with someone who was jailed or imprisoned for a crime | 8 (3.9) | 3.21 | 1.15 |
Were your parents ever separated or divorced (parental separation)? | 31 (15.3) | 2.49 | 1.01 |
Physical abuse | |||
Did your parents or adults in your home ever | |||
Slap, hit, kick, punch, or beat each other up? | 114 (56.2) | 3.10 | 1.20 |
Hit, beat, kick, or physically hurt you in any way? | 75 (36.9) | 2.59 | 1.02 |
Emotional abuse | |||
Scream or Swear at you, insult you or put you down? | 144 (70.9) | 2.57 | 0.98 |
Sexual abuse | |||
Did anyone at least 5 years older than you (including adults) | |||
Ever touch you sexually? | 73 (36.0) | 2.47 | 0.99 |
Try to make you touch them sexually? | 57 (28.1) | 2.28 | 0.87 |
Force you to have sex? | 42 (20.7) | 2.17 | 0.75 |
Emotional neglect | |||
Did your parents/guardians understand your problems and worries?a | 16 (7.9) | 4.28 | 1.23 |
Did your parents/guardians really know what you were doing with your free time when you were not at school or work?a | 36 (17.7) | 3.92 | 1.34 |
Physical neglect | |||
Did your parents/guardians not give you enough food even when they could easily have done so? | 62 (30.5) | 2.56 | 1.14 |
Were your parents/guardians too drunk or intoxicated by drugs to take care of you? | 18 (8.9) | 2.08 | 0.62 |
Did your parents/guardians not send you to school even when it was available? | 25 (12.3) | 2.12 | 0.72 |
ACE counts | |||
0 | 27 (13.3) | 2.33 | 1.11 |
1 | 30 (14.8) | 2.22 | 0.79 |
2–3 | 62 (30.5) | 2.15 | 0.68 |
4+ | 84 (41.3) | 2.29 | 1.13 |
ACEs exposureb | |||
Yes | 176 (86.7) | – | – |
No | 27 (13.3) | – | – |