How adverse childhood experiences relate to single and multiple health risk behaviours in German public university students: a cross-sectional analysis

Wiehn J, Hornberg C, Fischer F (2018)
BMC Public Health 18(1): 1005.

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Background
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been shown to be linked to health risk behaviours (HRBs). This study aims to identify risk factors for ACEs and to examine the associations between ACEs and single and multiple HRBs in a sample of university students in Germany.
Methods
An online-based cross-sectional study was conducted among public university students (N = 1466). The widely applied ACE questionnaire was used and extended to operationalise 13 categories of childhood adversity. First, variables for each type of ACE and HRB were dichotomised (single ACEs and single HRBs), and then used for cumulative scores (multiple ACEs and multiple HRBs). Frequencies were assessed, and (multinomial) logistic regression analyses were performed.
Results
Prevalence rates of ACEs ranged from 3.9 to 34.0%, depending on the type of childhood adversity. Sociodemographic risk and protective factors for single/multiple ACEs varied strongly depending on the outcome. In particular, a high family socioeconomic status seemed to be a consistent protective factor for most ACEs. After adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics, both single and multiple HRBs were associated with single events of ACEs. Moreover, dose-response relationships between multiple ACEs and various single and multiple HRBs were found.
Conclusions
The study provides strong evidence that ACEs are associated with HRBs. The number of ACEs may play a role in single or multiple HRBs. Reducing the number of ACEs could thus decrease HRBs, which account for many of the leading causes of morbidity and death. The findings highlight the importance of trauma-informed health interventions designed to prevent the occurrence of ACEs, and build capacity among children and adults.
Stichworte
Adverse childhood experiences; Child maltreatment; Violence; Risky behaviours; Stress-related trauma; Health; Life course approach; Germany
Erscheinungsjahr
2018
Zeitschriftentitel
BMC Public Health
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18
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1
Art.-Nr.
1005
ISSN
1471-2458
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Wiehn J, Hornberg C, Fischer F. How adverse childhood experiences relate to single and multiple health risk behaviours in German public university students: a cross-sectional analysis. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(1): 1005.
Wiehn, J., Hornberg, C., & Fischer, F. (2018). How adverse childhood experiences relate to single and multiple health risk behaviours in German public university students: a cross-sectional analysis. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 1005. doi:10.1186/s12889-018-5926-3
Wiehn, Jascha, Hornberg, Claudia, and Fischer, Florian. 2018. “How adverse childhood experiences relate to single and multiple health risk behaviours in German public university students: a cross-sectional analysis”. BMC Public Health 18 (1): 1005.
Wiehn, J., Hornberg, C., and Fischer, F. (2018). How adverse childhood experiences relate to single and multiple health risk behaviours in German public university students: a cross-sectional analysis. BMC Public Health 18:1005.
Wiehn, J., Hornberg, C., & Fischer, F., 2018. How adverse childhood experiences relate to single and multiple health risk behaviours in German public university students: a cross-sectional analysis. BMC Public Health, 18(1): 1005.
J. Wiehn, C. Hornberg, and F. Fischer, “How adverse childhood experiences relate to single and multiple health risk behaviours in German public university students: a cross-sectional analysis”, BMC Public Health, vol. 18, 2018, : 1005.
Wiehn, J., Hornberg, C., Fischer, F.: How adverse childhood experiences relate to single and multiple health risk behaviours in German public university students: a cross-sectional analysis. BMC Public Health. 18, : 1005 (2018).
Wiehn, Jascha, Hornberg, Claudia, and Fischer, Florian. “How adverse childhood experiences relate to single and multiple health risk behaviours in German public university students: a cross-sectional analysis”. BMC Public Health 18.1 (2018): 1005.
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