Adverse childhood experiences, health perception, and the role of shared familial factors in adult twins

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 910-916

  Mostoufi, Sheeva M ^a   Strachan, Eric ^b   Chopko, Laura ^b   Succop, Annemarie ^b   Martinez, Beatrice ^c   Ahumada, Sandra M ^d   Afari, Niloofar ^c,e  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse childhood experiences; Child abuse; Genetics; Health perception; Physical health; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE; ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SF 36 QUESTIONNAIRE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAUMATIC LIFE EVENTS QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS;

ACE; ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES; CHILD ABUSE; GENETICS; HEALTH PERCEPTION; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE-SHORT FORM; MPQ-SF; PHYSICAL HEALTH; SF-36; SHORT FORM HEALTH SURVEY-36; TLEQ; TRAUMATIC LIFE EVENTS QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TWINS; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887621779     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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