 Generational differences in latent classes of exposure to adverse childhood experiencesPhillip M. Hughes and Kathleen C. Thomas Children and Youth Services Review, 2024, vol. 160, issue C Abstract: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have increased across generations; however, it is unclear how ACE exposure clusters into classes and how exposure differs by generation. To examine this clustering, we used data from the 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (n = 56,262). We identified ACEs exposure classes and examined the probability of belonging to each ACEs exposure class by birth generation, sex assigned at birth, race/ethnicity, and LGBTQ+ identity. We identified three ACEs exposure classes: Low ACEs, High ACEs without Sexual Abuse, and High ACEs with Sexual Abuse. Findings demonstrate that, relative to Baby Boomers, the probability of experiencing High ACEs without Sexual Abuse was 5 % higher for Gen X and 11 % for both Millennials and Gen Z. The probability of experiencing High ACEs with Sexual Abuse was highest for Gen X and lowest for Gen Z. Significant intersectional relationships were found between LGBTQ+ identity and both generation and sex assigned at birth. These findings have implications for health policy. Keywords: Adverse childhood experiences; Generational differences; Intersectionality; Latent classes (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:160:y:2024:i:c:s0190740924001701 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107598 Access Statistics for this article Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier |
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