@article{ref1,
title="The intersection of adverse childhood experiences and mental health concerns for youth involved in the child welfare system",
journal="Journal of community psychology",
year="2023",
author="Vieira, Alyssa and Sheerin, Kaitlin M. and Modrowski, Crosby and Kemp, Kathleen",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The present study sought to identify if there is distinct mental health symptomology among child welfare-involved youth depending on the category of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) endorsed. A chart review of child welfare-involved youth (N = 129, ages 8-16) and caregiver reported ACEs and mental health/trauma symptoms was conducted. A K-means cluster analysis used ACE scores to identify groups of youth along two dimensions: household dysfunction and child abuse/neglect. The first cluster identified had low ACE scores outside of their system involvement (n = 62), the second predominantly endorsed household dysfunctions (n = 37), and the third predominantly endorsed abuse/neglect (n = 30). One-way analysis of variance tests revealed that youth in the systems-only cluster differed from youth in the other groups, while the two high ACE category groups did not differ from each other on mental health/trauma symptoms. These results have important implications for the screening and treatment referral processes in the child welfare system.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-4392",
doi="10.1002/jcop.23024",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcop.23024"
}