Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Life-Long Impact

A comprehensive book on adverse childhood experiences and their lasting effects into adulthood

Ami Rokach (Author), Shauna Clayton (Author)

9780323858533, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 10 August 2023

456 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.45 kg

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Life-Long Impact explores how these experiences influence cognitive, behavioral and social experiences in adulthood. The book conceptualizes the types of violence, abuse, neglect, and/or trauma that factor into ACEs. It also explores the psychopathological outcomes of ACEs among children, including neurodevelopmental and psychosocial mechanisms. By drawing on cross-cultural perspectives, the authors provide insight into the variations between the adversity and trauma children experience. Sections also cover preventive measures, risk factors and various forms of interventional treatment, making this book a core read for psychologists, physicians, social workers, educators and researchers in the field.

1. Introduction
2. Child Maltreatment – Cross Culturally
3. What Causes Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)?
4. Physical Child Abuse
5. Child sexual abuse
6. Medical child abuse
7. Emotional Maltreatment: Abuse is not just physical
8. Bullying
9. The Various Ways of Child Neglect
10. Children exposed to ACE: The trauma and its aftermath
11. Implications and Outcomes of ACEs
12. ACEs Throughout the Lifespan
13. ACE and its implication over the lifespan
14. The effects of ACE on intimate relationships
15. How did the pandemic affect child maltreatment
16. Resilience: What it is, and how to develop it
17. Treating Physical Abuse and Neglect

Subject Areas: Educational psychology [JNC], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR], Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology [JMM], Experimental psychology [JML], Child & developmental psychology [JMC], Cognitive science [GTR]