ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AMONG DEINITIALIZATION CHILDREN FROM FOSTER CARE

Adverse childhood experiences and psychosocial well-being of women who were in foster care as children.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Research has shown that many children in foster care later have psychosocial problems as adults; this is often attributed to cumulative adversities and a lack of supportive caregivers. The risk factors associated with foster care, such as maternal separation and multiple placements, often counteract many protective factors that can ameliorate the effects of childhood ad...

Adverse family experiences among children in nonparental care, 2011-2012.

OBJECTIVE This report presents estimates of the proportion of children who have experienced selected adverse family events by the number of biological parents in the household, with a focus on comparisons among subgroups of children in nonparental care defined by caregiver type. DATA SOURCES Data were drawn from the 2011-2012 National Survey of Children's Health, a nationally representative t...

Dissociation in middle childhood among foster children with early maltreatment experiences.

Dissociation, definedas “adisruption in theusually integrated functionsof consciousness,memory, identity, or perception of the environment” (American Psychiatric Association, 2000), has been hypothesized to develop in response to caregiver maltreatment and betrayal (e.g., Briere & Runtz, 1988; Chu&Dill, 1990; Freyd, 1994; Hornstein & Putnam, 1992; Liotti, 1999; Putnam, 1993; Sanders&Giolas, 199...

Differences in Morbidity Among Children in Foster Care and Non-foster Care Children

Adverse childhood experiences and hallucinations.

OBJECTIVE Little information is available about the contribution of multiple adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) to the likelihood of reporting hallucinations. We used data from the ACE study to assess this relationship. METHODS We conducted a survey about childhood abuse and household dysfunction while growing up, with questions about health behaviors and outcomes in adulthood, which was co...