■不同类型的不良童年经历(ACE)可能与心理和行为健康有不同的联系。此外,灵性与幸福有关,但很少有研究检查它在ACE的背景下是否具有保护性。本研究检查了虐待和家庭功能障碍ACE对痛苦的影响,物质使用,和性冒险,并测试灵性是否缓和了童年虐待之间的联系,家庭功能障碍和痛苦,物质使用,和性冒险。
■314名大学生完成了ACE-Q和一般精神(困扰)和行为(物质使用,性冒险)健康。为了研究虐待和家庭功能障碍对精神和行为健康的不同影响,我们为每个健康变量构建了包含两种ACE类型作为预测因子的线性回归模型.然后针对每个结果检查灵性和每种类型的ACE之间的调节作用。
■即使考虑到家庭功能障碍,儿童虐待也预示着更大的痛苦和性冒险行为,家庭功能障碍预测,即使在考虑到儿童虐待之后,也会有更多的物质使用。童年虐待与灵性显着相互作用,以预测痛苦,但方向与假设相反。也就是说,在灵性水平较高的人群中,累积的儿童期虐待ACE与痛苦之间的关系更强。
■结果表明,儿童虐待和家庭功能障碍ACE与年轻人中明显的精神和行为健康后果有关。此外,灵性通常与更好的精神和行为健康相关,我们的研究结果表明,它不能缓冲儿童虐待或家庭功能障碍的影响。
UNASSIGNED: Different types of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may be differentially linked to mental and behavioral health. Additionally, spirituality is associated with well-being, but little research has examined whether it is protective in the context of ACEs. The present study examines the influence of maltreatment and household dysfunction ACEs on distress, substance use, and sexual risk taking, and tests whether spirituality moderates the associations between childhood maltreatment, household dysfunction and distress, substance use, and sexual risk taking.
UNASSIGNED: 314 college students completed the ACE-Q and measures of general mental (distress) and behavioral (substance use, sexual risk taking) health. To examine the distinct effects of maltreatment and household dysfunction on mental and behavior health, linear regression models that included both ACE types as predictors were constructed for each of the health variables. Moderation between spirituality and each type of ACEs was then examined for each outcome.
UNASSIGNED: Childhood maltreatment predicted greater distress and sexual risk-taking even after accounting for household dysfunction, and household dysfunction predicted greater substance use even after accounting for childhood maltreatment. Childhood maltreatment interacted significantly with spirituality to predict distress, but in the opposite direction than was hypothesized. That is, the relationship between cumulative childhood maltreatment ACEs and distress was stronger among those with higher levels of spirituality.
UNASSIGNED: Results suggest that childhood maltreatment and household dysfunction ACEs are linked to distinct mental and behavioral health consequences among young adults. Additionally, while spirituality is associated generally with better mental and behavioral health, our findings suggest that it does not buffer the impacts of childhood maltreatment or household dysfunction.