I. Introduction
Adverse childhood experiences can have many negative impacts on an individual throughout their entire life course. It can affect their emotional and physical well-being on many different levels. Child abuse, neglect, and maltreatment in physical, emotional and sexual forms lead to issues such as social disorders, anxiety disorders, self-harming behavior, and even suicidal tendencies and ideation. The severity and frequency of the adverse experiences are directly correlated to the austerity of the consequences and individual may face. Other factors that can affect the consequences are whether or not therapy is made available and the gender of the victim. Understanding the impact of adverse childhood experiences on the emotional …show more content…
Between 2010 and 2013 Bellis, Hughes, Leckenby, Jones, Baban, Kachaeva, Povilaitis, Pudule, Qirjako, Ulukol, Raleva, and Terzic, issued surveys in Albania, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Romania, and the Russian Federation. Over the course of four years they had nearly eleven thousand respondents, 59.7% female and 40.3% male, all aged between 18 and 25. Over half of the respondents reported having adverse childhood experiences. These experiences range from physical and emotional abuse, maltreatment and neglect. In the survey the researchers asked participants to report how many adverse experiences they had. The results show that when individuals experienced three or more adverse familial experiences they are four times as likely to be drug abusers, nearly seven times more likely to have problematic drinking habits, and thirty-three times more likely to have attempted suicide (Bellis et al: 2014). As the number of adverse experiences increases so does the likelihood that the individual forms health harming behavior in adulthood. It is important that when abuse or neglect occurs it is reported and stopped as soon as possible to prevent repeated experiences. By stopping the adverse experiences early on it can help prevent children from growing up to have self-harming
Adverse childhood experiences can have many negative impacts on an individual throughout their entire life course. It can affect their emotional and physical well-being on many different levels. Child abuse, neglect, and maltreatment in physical, emotional and sexual forms lead to issues such as social disorders, anxiety disorders, self-harming behavior, and even suicidal tendencies and ideation. The severity and frequency of the adverse experiences are directly correlated to the austerity of the consequences and individual may face. Other factors that can affect the consequences are whether or not therapy is made available and the gender of the victim. Understanding the impact of adverse childhood experiences on the emotional …show more content…
Between 2010 and 2013 Bellis, Hughes, Leckenby, Jones, Baban, Kachaeva, Povilaitis, Pudule, Qirjako, Ulukol, Raleva, and Terzic, issued surveys in Albania, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Romania, and the Russian Federation. Over the course of four years they had nearly eleven thousand respondents, 59.7% female and 40.3% male, all aged between 18 and 25. Over half of the respondents reported having adverse childhood experiences. These experiences range from physical and emotional abuse, maltreatment and neglect. In the survey the researchers asked participants to report how many adverse experiences they had. The results show that when individuals experienced three or more adverse familial experiences they are four times as likely to be drug abusers, nearly seven times more likely to have problematic drinking habits, and thirty-three times more likely to have attempted suicide (Bellis et al: 2014). As the number of adverse experiences increases so does the likelihood that the individual forms health harming behavior in adulthood. It is important that when abuse or neglect occurs it is reported and stopped as soon as possible to prevent repeated experiences. By stopping the adverse experiences early on it can help prevent children from growing up to have self-harming