Assessing the Reliability of Retrospective Reports of Adverse Childhood Experiences among Adolescents with Documented Childhood Maltreatment

Pinto, Ricardo J.; Correia, Liliana; Maia, Ângela

doi:10.1007/s10896-014-9602-9

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“…Some evidence suggests ACEs may be subject to recall bias, especially for those who are currently depressed (Scott, Smith, & Ellis, ). Other studies, however, indicate that current symptoms do not affect the reliability of reports of child maltreatment in young adults (Pinto, Correia, & Maia, ). In addition, the relation between number of ACEs and negative outcomes holds for both prospective (Clark et al, ; Scott et al, ) and retrospective studies (Afifi et al, ; Anda et al, ), and comparisons of prospective and retrospective data show no bias in assessment and no differences among associations between number of ACEs and outcomes as a function of time of reporting (Hardt, Vellaisamy, & Schoon, ; Scott, Smith, & Ellis, ).…”

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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Stress and Mental Health in College Students

Karatekin

2017

Stress and Health

170

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The goal of this short-term longitudinal study was to examine whether adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) could be used to identify college students at risk for mental health problems and whether current level of stress mediates the relationship between ACEs and mental health. Data on ACEs and mental health (depression, anxiety and suicidality) were collected at the beginning of the semester, and data on current stressors and mental health were collected toward the end of the semester (n = 239). Findings indicated that ACEs predicted worsening of mental health over the course of a semester and suggested current number of stressors as a mediator of the relationship between ACEs and mental health. Results suggest that screening for ACEs might be useful to identify students at high risk for deterioration in mental health. Results further suggest that stress-related interventions would be beneficial for students with high levels of ACEs and point to the need for more research and strategies to increase help-seeking in college students.

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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Stress and Mental Health in College Students

Karatekin

2017

Stress and Health

170

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“…Further, there is a limitation in the collected reports of perceptions of Generation 1 rearing in that retrospective reports were obtained from parents, but not directly from the grandparents themselves. While retrospective reports have been used with the PBI and other measures (Tanaka et al, 2009), and show reasonable agreement between (Amodeo & Griffin, 2009) and within individuals over multiple measures (Pinto, et al, 2014), it is a limited means of data collection. In addition, although child reports of rearing were collected, there was heavy reliance on parents’ reports or parent-informed reports.…”

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“…Parents reported retrospectively on views of their parents (Generation 1) as having displayed patterns of care and overprotection during their upbringing. Retrospective reports, though limited, have been shown to be valuable sources of information with considerable agreement between multiple reporters from shared environments (e.g., Amodeo & Griffin, 2009) and within individuals reporting on similar retrospective items over multiple time points (e.g., Pinto, Correia, & Maia, 2014). Parents also reported on their (Generation 2) current perceptions of care and overprotection toward their children.…”

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Parental Influences and Child Internalizing Outcomes across Multiple Generations

2018

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Our objective was to test ways parental caring and over-controlling rearing approaches predict internalizing problems across multiple generations of offspring: from grandparents to parents and from parents to children. We examined whether retrospective perceptions of grandparents’ caring and over-controlling behaviors predicted parents’ current anxiety problems and rearing behaviors toward their own children in a sample that participated in a clinical trial for youth with a specific phobia (SP). We further tested whether parental anxiety and rearing approaches (as perceived by parents and children) predicted children’s longitudinal outcomes of internalizing problems and severity of the SP over time, above and beyond the effects of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for the treatment of the SP. We were ultimately interested in testing indirect, intergenerational processes from grandparents to children to identify buffers or risks of anxiety via patterns of care and control from parents. Data were drawn from 113 treatment-seeking children with SPs and their parents (52.2% female, ages 6-15, M age = 8.77, SD = 1.75) from pre-treatment to three-year follow-up. Hierarchical linear models tested the effects of earlier grandparent rearing behaviors on parent and child outcomes and the effects of parent anxiety and rearing behaviors on child outcomes. Models supported indirect effects of grandparent rearing behaviors onto child outcomes via ongoing parent anxiety problems and select rearing behaviors, suggesting these intergenerational processes could potentially maintain anxiety (i.e., use of over-controlling behaviors) or buffer offspring from anxiety risks (i.e., use of care behaviors).

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“…The retrospective nature of this type of assessment has led to much discussion regarding the validity and reliability of retrospective reports. A series of studies evaluating the validity and reliability of such reports have generally supported this methodology (Pinto, Correia, & Maia, ; Widom & Shepard, ), although one area of concern has been the underreporting of abuse experiences (e.g., false negatives; Dube, Williamson, Thompson, Felitti, & Anda, 2004).…”

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When Emotional Pain Becomes Physical: Adverse Childhood Experiences, Pain, and the Role of Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Sachs‐Ericsson¹,

Sheffler²,

Stanley³

et al. 2017

J Clin Psychol

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Objective: We examined the association between retrospective reports of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and painful medical conditions. We also examined the mediating and moderating roles of mood and anxiety disorders in the ACEs–painful medical conditions relationship. Method: Ten-year longitudinal data were obtained from the National Comorbidity Surveys (NCS-1, NCS-2; N = 5001). The NCS-1 obtained reports of ACEs, current health conditions, current pain severity, and mood and anxiety disorders. The NCS-2 assessed for painful medical conditions (e.g., arthritis/rheumatism, chronic back/neck problems, severe headaches, other chronic pain). Results: Specific ACEs (e.g., verbal and sexual abuse, parental psychopathology, and early parental loss) were associated with the painful medical conditions. Baseline measures of depression, bipolar disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder were also associated with the number of painful medical conditions. Anxiety and mood disorders were found to partially mediate the ACEs–painful medical conditions relationship. We determined through mediation analyses that ACEs were linked to an increase in anxiety and mood disorders, which, in turn, were associated with an increase in the number of painful medical conditions. We determined through moderation analyses that ACEs had an effect on increasing the painful medical conditions at both high and low levels of anxiety and mood disorders; though, surprisingly, the effect was greater among participants at lower levels of mood and anxiety disorders. Conclusion: There are pernicious effects of ACEs across mental and physical domains. Dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal stress response and the theory of reserve capacity are reviewed to integrate our findings of the complex relationships.

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Assessing the Reliability of Retrospective Reports of Adverse Childhood Experiences among Adolescents with Documented Childhood Maltreatment

Cited by 127 publications

References 32 publications

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Stress and Mental Health in College Students

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Stress and Mental Health in College Students

Parental Influences and Child Internalizing Outcomes across Multiple Generations

When Emotional Pain Becomes Physical: Adverse Childhood Experiences, Pain, and the Role of Mood and Anxiety Disorders

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