RT Article
T1 The Influence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on the Functional Impairment of Justice-Involved Adolescents: A Comparison of Baseline to Follow-Up Reports of Adversity
JF Youth violence and juvenile justice
VO 19
IS 4
SP 384
OP 401
A1 Duron, Jacquelynn F.
A2 Williams-Butler, Abigail
A2 Liu, Feng-Yi Y.
A2 Nesi, Danielle
A2 Fay, Kathleen Pirozzolo
A2 Kim, Bo-Kyung Elizabeth
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1767896271
AB Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have long been recognized for negatively influencing individual outcomes such that each additional ACE exposure increases the risk for negative health and behavioral outcomes. Little is known, however, about how the more recent accumulation of ACEs occurring in follow-up periods influence global functioning considering the past accumulation of ACEs reported at baseline by justice-involved adolescents. Participants were 851 adolescents who completed the Northwestern Juvenile Project (NJP), a longitudinal survey. OLS regression models were used to examine the influence of follow-up and baseline ACEs on the functional impairment of youth. Results indicate that both follow-up and baseline ACEs were associated with worse functioning over time with baseline ACEs demonstrating a greater effect. This study highlights the importance of assessing accumulations of ACEs over time for adolescents in the juvenile justice system and considering how youth of different characteristics and experiences may differently encounter functional impairment. Implications for offering trauma-informed services to disrupt the effects of adversity on adolescents’ functioning are discussed.
K1 psychiatric diagnosis
K1 functional impairment
K1 Justice-involved youth
K1 childhood adversity
DO 10.1177/15412040211016035