Childhood Maltreatment Profiles among Incarcerated Chinese Males and Their Associations with Personality Disorder Symptoms and Criminal Behaviors

Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) (e.g., domestic violence, parental substance use and incarceration) are associated with a wide variety of negative outcomes, such as low educational attainment and employment performance (Bellis  et al., 2014), poor physical health (Baglivio et al., 2016; Flaherty et al., 2013), and mental health problems (e.g., Aebi et al., 2015). Early ACE has lasting impact on individual long-term development into adolescence and adulthood (Baglivio et al., 2015; Craig et al., 2017; Danese and Mc Ewen, 2012).

Source: Psychiatry Research - July 20, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jieting Zhang, Yao Zheng Source Type: research