Association of adverse childhood experiences with functional
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The present study explores the association of adverse childhood Introduction experiences with impulsivity and functional identity among Pakistani adults. : In this cross-sectional study, 260 Pakistani medical students aged Methods 18 and above were approached. A consent form, a questionnaire on sociodemographic characteristics, and an English versions of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) scale, Functions of Identity scale (FIS) and Barratt’s Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) was employed in this study. All data were analyzed in SPSS v. 20. : A total of 122 (52.6%) of respondents had experienced at least one Results adverse childhood experience. According to linear regression analysis, ACE scores were significantly associated with increasing age, increasing order in birth, lower scores on functional identity structure and non-planning impulsivity, and higher scores on future (functional identity) and motor impulsivity. : A high proportion of Pakistani medical students reported Conclusions adverse childhood experiences, which lead to impulsive behaviors and poor functional identities. Ahmed Waqas ( ) Corresponding author: [email protected] : Conceptualization, Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Supervision, Validation, Writing – Review & Editing; Author roles: Haaris Sheikh M Naveed : Conceptualization, Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Supervision, Writing – Review & Editing; : Conceptualization, Data Curation, S Waqas A Formal Analysis, Supervision, Validation, Writing – Review & Editing; : Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Writing – Original Draft Tahir Jaura I Preparation No competing interests were disclosed. Competing interests: Haaris Sheikh M, Naveed S, Waqas A and Tahir Jaura I. How to cite this article: Association of adverse childhood experiences with functional identity and impulsivity among adults: a cross-sectional study [version 1; referees: awaiting peer review] F1000Research 2017, :1978 (doi: ) 6 10.12688/f1000research.13007.1 © 2017 Haaris Sheikh M . This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the , Copyright: et al Creative Commons Attribution Licence which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Data associated with the article are available under the terms of the (CC0 1.0 Public domain dedication). Creative Commons Zero "No rights reserved" data waiver The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work. Grant information: 08 Nov 2017, :1978 (doi: ) First published: 6 10.12688/f1000research.13007.1 1 2 3
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