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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) - Coggle Diagram
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Potentially traumatic experiences which happen in childhood (age 0-17)
ACES can be measured in childhood but are more likely to be measured
retrospectively
in adulthood.
Measured by a 52-item scale (full version) or 10-item scale (short version).
Points are allocated for each answer and a cumulative score is assigned based on responses from all items of the measure.
A score of 0 points equates a
low
risk
`A score of 1-3 suggests intermediate risk to exposure of health conditions and risk-taking behaviours associated with ACES.
Body Dysmorphia and Its Relationship with ACES
(Didie et al., 2006)
75 participants (52 female, 23 male) diagnosed with body dysmorphia found that
79%
reported a history of ACES.
Emotional Neglect
- 68%
Emotional Abuse
- 56%
Physical Abuse
- 35%
Physical Neglect
- 33%
Sexual Abuse
- 28%
'Severe' Maltreatment
- 40%
Childhood trauma scores and diagnoses of BD didn't differ greatly between males and female participants.
Overview of emotional neglect and resilient deficit.
Can manifest itself in BD leading to the affected child to mature into an adult who seeks acceptance through an unattainable change in body image.
ACES, Body Dysmorphia and Harmful Use of IPEDs
There is a
lack
of research on ACEs and harmful use of IPEDs.
Existing research on BD and excessive IPED use often uses the term BD interchangeable with Muscle Dysmporhia.
BD seems to manifest itself differently between male and female IPED users.
From research, a strong argument can be made that there is a relationship between ACES, BD and harmful IPED use as much as so it almost follows a
natural trajectory
, but this does not apply to all participants.
Not everyone who experiences high ACES score will mature into developing negative health consequences or use IPEDs to harmful levels.
Summary
Motives for exercise map onto motives for IPED use.
Muscle dysmorphia is specific debilitating form of body image concerns.
Relationships between ACES/BD and ACES/high-risk behaviours are well established.
ACES may help us understand relationship between BD and harmful IPED use.
Not all people who experience ACES will develop negative health conditions or exhibit risk-taking behaviours.