BACKGROUND: Although it has been posited that exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) increases vulnerability to deployment stress, previous literature in this area has demonstrated conflicti

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 6 representative gaps

• Family social support buffers the intergenerational association of maternal adverse childhood experiences and preschoolers’ externalizing behavior. (2020) · doi

  Despite previous work demonstrating that an accumulation of maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is associated with negative health outcomes across generations, few studies have investigated protective factors beyond the parent-child dyad in the intergenerational transmission of adversity.

  Keywords: despite previous demonstrating accumulation maternal adverse childhood experiences aces associated negative health outcomes across generations
• Adverse childhood experiences in relation to mood and anxiety disorders in a population-based sample of active military personnel (2012) · doi

  BACKGROUND: Although it has been posited that exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) increases vulnerability to deployment stress, previous literature in this area has demonstrated conflicting results.

  Keywords: background posited exposure adverse childhood experiences aces increases vulnerability deployment stress previous literature area conflicting
• Adverse Childhood Experiences, Family Support, and Depression: Evidence from Internal Migrants in China (2022) · doi

  Previous studies have linked poor family support and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) to increased risk of depression; however, little is known about the interplay between the two when it comes to their effects on depression.

  Keywords: depression previous linked poor family support adverse childhood experiences aces increased risk little known interplay
• Relationships between adverse childhood experiences, attachment, resilience, psychological distress and trauma among forensic mental health populations (2024) · doi

  There has been an association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), attachment style and resilience with later life psychological distress, yet this area remains under-researched among forensic mental health populations.

  Keywords: there association adverse childhood experiences aces attachment style resilience later life psychological distress area remains
• The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Cognitive Control Across the Lifespan: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prospective Studies (2024) · doi

  Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are strongly associated with impaired cognitive control, yet research on ACEs’ effects across cognitive control domains—working memory, cognitive flexibility, and inhibitory control—remains sparse.

  Keywords: cognitive control aces adverse childhood experiences strongly associated impaired effects across domains working memory flexibility
• Associations Between Maternal Stressful Life Events and Perceived Distress during Pregnancy and Child Mental Health at Age 4 (2022) · doi

  Accumulating evidence suggests that maternal exposure to objectively stressful events and subjective distress during pregnancy may have intergenerational impacts on children's mental health, yet evidence is limited.

  Keywords: evidence accumulating suggests maternal exposure objectively stressful events subjective distress pregnancy intergenerational impacts children mental