Association of Parental Adverse Childhood Experiences and Current Child Adversity.

Association of Parental Adverse Childhood Experiences and Current Child Adversity Prompted by a growing body of evidence demonstrating the significant lifelong effect of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress, health care professionals have begun to address these issues more directly.1-3 The parental history of ACE may serve as a marker of risk for child adversity, thus offering opportunities for early intervention to prevent ACE orameliorate thenegativeoutcomesassociatedwithACE.However, associations between parental ACE and child adversity arenotwell described. Previous studiesprimarily examineassociationsbetweenmaternalchildhoodmaltreatmentandchild behavioral health. This study examined associations between parental ACE and child current adversity.