Gutenberg Open Science: The association between adverse childhood experiences and mental health problems in young offenders

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dc.contributor.author	Turner, Daniel	-
dc.contributor.author	Wolf, Anne Jule	-
dc.contributor.author	Barra, Steffen	-
dc.contributor.author	Müller, Marcus	-
dc.contributor.author	Gregório Hertz, Priscilla	-
dc.contributor.author	Huss, Michael	-
dc.contributor.author	Tüscher, Oliver	-
dc.contributor.author	Retz, Wolfgang	-
dc.date.accessioned	2021-08-02T08:38:41Z	-
dc.date.available	2021-08-02T08:38:41Z	-
dc.date.issued	2021	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/5750	-
dc.description.abstract	High rates of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs, e.g., abuse and neglect) have been found in young offenders. Furthermore, ACEs seem to increase the risk of developing relevant mental health problems, in non-offending juveniles and adults. However, this association has only seldomly been addressed in offending juveniles and young adults. The present study aimed at evaluating the prevalence of ACEs and mental health problems as well as their association within a sample of male and female young offenders. Altogether, 161 adolescent and young adult offenders (16.8% females) from the youth detention center Worms (Germany) filled out questionnaires concerning ACEs and mental health problems with a focus on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and intermittent explosive disorder. Considerable rates of mental health problems were found, e.g., a prevalence of 35.9% was found for intermittent explosive disorder. Furthermore, a greater proportion of the female offenders fell into the clinically significant category for somatic complaints, anxiety/depression, and attention problems than the male offenders. Female young offenders also reported more frequently about all forms of ACEs compared to the male offenders. Latent class analysis defined three subtypes of young offenders depending on their individual ACE patterns: (1) low ACEs, (2) mainly neglectful ACEs, and (3) multiple ACEs. ACEs were significantly associated with the occurrence of both internalizing and externalizing mental health disturbances, with the multiple-ACE subtype being most likely to report about significant mental health problems. The results of the present study point towards the relevance to routinely assess ACEs in young offenders to identify possible precursors of mental health problems and of future criminal behaviors.	en_GB
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	610 Medizin	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	610 Medical sciences	en_GB
dc.title	The association between adverse childhood experiences and mental health problems in young offenders	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-5741	-
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 04 Medizin	de
jgu.organisation.number	2700	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	European child & adolescent psychiatry	de
jgu.journal.volume	30	de
jgu.pages.start	1195	de
jgu.pages.end	1207	de
jgu.publisher.year	2021	-
jgu.publisher.name	Springer	de
jgu.publisher.place	Berlin u.a.	de
jgu.publisher.uri	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-020-01608-2	de
jgu.publisher.issn	1435-165X	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	610	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.1007/s00787-020-01608-2
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485
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