Adverse Childhood Experiences and Mental Distress Among US Adults by Sexual Orientation
Open Access
- 23 February 2022
- journal article
- letter
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Psychiatry
- Vol. 79 (4) , 377-379
Abstract
Sexual minority individuals (eg, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer people) experience high rates of bullying and violence, a predictor of worse mental health,1 but little research has examined adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) occurring before age 18 years among sexual minority individuals. This study uses a large, multistate probability sample to (1) characterize population-level prevalence of ACEs by sexual orientation and (2) estimate the association between level of ACE exposure and mental distress in adulthood by sexual orientation.Keywords
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