Understanding the differing effects of ACEs can have important implications for intervention and prevention efforts
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Understanding the differing effects of ACEs can have important implications for intervention and prevention efforts - Research on ACEs should account for potential sex differences - Longitudinal associations between individual ACEs, CRP lev
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Sourced from the abstract and future-work section and stated research gap of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2011 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 31 times in total.
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Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps
- Attachment Avoidance and Anxiety as Predictors of 12-Step Group Engagement (2011) · Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs · cited 16× · doi
OBJECTIVE: Twelve-step mutual help groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) rely heavily on social interactions and support to reduce drinking, but little is known about how individual differences in social behavior tendencies, such as adult attachment, affect 12-step group engagement and resulting benefits.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: step social objective twelve mutual help groups alcoholics anonymous rely heavily interactions support reduce drinking - Adverse childhood experiences, inflammation, and depression: evidence of sex- and stressor specific effects in a nationally representative longitudinal sample of U.S. adolescents (2025) · Psychological Medicine · cited 15× · doi
Understanding the differing effects of ACEs can have important implications for intervention and prevention efforts - Research on ACEs should account for potential sex differences - Longitudinal associations between individual ACEs, CRP levels, and depressive symptoms in adulthood should be further studied
generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5Keywords: understanding differing effects aces have important implications intervention - The Association between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Adult Attachment-Related Characteristics, and Problematic Alcohol Use among Black American Emerging Adults (2026) · Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma · doi
The relationships between ACEs, attachment-related characteristics, and problematic alcohol use remain underexamined in Black American emerging adults. Prior research has linked ACEs, attachment-related characteristics, and problematic alcohol use, but these relationships are not well understood in this population.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: relationships between aces attachment-related characteristics problematic alcohol use - The Association between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Adult Attachment-Related Characteristics, and Problematic Alcohol Use among Black American Emerging Adults (2026) · Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma · doi
Investigate the relationship between ACEs and problematic alcohol use in other populations, - Examine the potential mechanisms by which ACEs influence adult attachment-related characteristics and problematic alcohol use, - Develop interventions targeting ACEs and adult attachment-related characteristics to reduce problematic alcohol use
generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5Keywords: investigate relationship between aces problematic alcohol use other
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