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Adverse childhood experiences, dispositional mindfulness, and adult health
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Objective To determine whether greater dispositional mindfulness is associated with better adult health across a range of exposures to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).Methods In 2012, a web-based survey of 2160 Pennsylvania Head Start staff was conducted. We assessed ACE score (count of eight categories of childhood adversity), dispositional mindfulness (Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised), and the prevalence of three outcomes: multiple health conditions (≥ 3 of 7 conditions), poor health behavior (≥ 2 of 5 behaviors), and poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL) (≥ 2 of 5 indicators).Results Respondents were 97% females, and 23% reported ≥ 3 ACEs. The prevalences of multiple health conditions, poor health behavior, and poor HRQOL were 29%, 21%, and 13%, respectively. At each level of ACE exposure, health outcomes were better in those with greater mindfulness. For example, among persons reporting ≥ 3 ACEs, those in the highest quartile of mindfulness had a prevalence of multiple health conditions two-thirds that of those in the lowest quartile (adjusted prevalence ratio (95% confidence interval)=0.66 (0.51, 0.86)); for those reporting no ACEs, the ratio was 0.62 (0.41, 0.94).Conclusion Across a range of exposures to ACEs, greater dispositional mindfulness was associated with fewer health conditions, better health behavior, and better HRQOL.
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“While research on trauma experienced by early childhood educators is limited, some studies have found early childhood educators, and others employed in positions working directly with children and families, report higher levels of adverse childhood experiences in comparison to the general population (Grist & Caudle, 2021; Hubel et al., 2020; Whitaker et al., 2014).”
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“the positive association of adverse childhood events and poor adult health-related quality of life was moderated by mindfulness as assessed by the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R; Feldman et al., 2007) (Whitaker et al., 2014).”
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“The use of repeated-measures daily diary methodology also helps to address the limitations of prior cross-sectional studies examining mindfulness as a buffer against emotional reactivity to life events assessed with self-report measures of concurrent hassles (Marks et al., 2010), perceived stress (Bränström et al., 2011), and retrospectively-reported childhood adversity (Whitaker et al., 2014).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Whitaker, R. C., Dearth-Wesley, T., Gooze, R. A., Becker, B. D., Gallagher, K. C., & McEwen, B. S.
- Affiliations
- Temple University (US)
- Child Trends (US)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Rockefeller University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Whitaker, Robert C.
- Venue
- Preventive Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-10
- Volume
- 67
- Pages
- 147-153
- ISSN
- 0091-7435 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2013841132
- Cited by
- 110
- References
- 58
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 6
- FWCI
- 7.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Preventive Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Temple University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
- Keywords
- adverse childhood experiences, trait mindfulness, adult health, health-related quality of life, health behavior, childhood adversity
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Child, Child Abuse, Chronic Disease, Female, Health Status, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pennsylvania, Quality of Life, Stress, Psychological, Health Behavior, Young Adult, Mindfulness
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