@article{ref1,
title="Adverse childhood experiences and adolescent delinquency: a theoretically informed investigation of mediators during middle childhood",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2023",
author="Jackson, Dylan B. and Jones, Melissa S. and Semenza, Daniel C. and Testa, Alexander",
volume="20",
number="4",
pages="e3202-e3202",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The purposes of this study are twofold. First, we explore the associations between cumulative ACEs at ages 5 and 7 and delinquency at age 14 in a national sample of youth in the United Kingdom (UK). Second, we explore the role of five theoretically relevant mediators in explaining this relationship. <br><br>METHODS: Analyses were based on data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study-a prospective, longitudinal birth-cohort study of more than 18,000 individuals in the United Kingdom. <br><br>RESULTS: The results indicate that early ACEs are significantly associated with adolescent delinquency, with effects becoming significantly larger as ACEs accumulate. <br><br>FINDINGS also reveal that child property delinquency, substance use, low self-control, unstructured socializing, and parent-child attachment at age 11 all significantly mediate the relationship between early ACEs and delinquency in adolescence, with early delinquency and low self-control emerging as the most robust mediators. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Findings point to a need for early ACEs screening and a Trauma-Informed Health Care (TIC) approach in early delinquency prevention efforts. Early intervention efforts that bolster child self-control and curtail early-onset problem behaviors may also disrupt pathways from ACEs to adolescent delinquency.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph20043202",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043202"
}