TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - The intersection of adverse childhood experiences and mental health concerns for youth involved in the child welfare system
JO  - Journal of community psychology
A1  - Vieira, Alyssa
A1  - Sheerin, Kaitlin M.
A1  - Modrowski, Crosby
A1  - Kemp, Kathleen
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0090-4392
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcop.23024
ID  - ref1
ER  -