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In the original paper on Adverse Childhood Experiences, in their abstract background the authors: Logan-Greene, Tennyson, Nurius, and Borja (2017), emphasized:

Mental health problems are gaining attention among court-involved youth with emphasis on the role of childhood adversity, but assessment lags. Objective The present study uses a commonly delivered assessment tool to examine mental health problems (current mental health problem, mental health interfered with probation goals, and suicide ideation) as a function of an expanded set of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs; childhood maltreatment, family dysfunction, and social disadvantage).

Adaptive coping resources–impulse control, aspirations, and social support–were tested as both direct contributors and moderators of the influence of ACEs on mental health. Methods Using a diverse sample of youth on probation (N = 5378), this study utilized logistic regression models to test contributions of the