Department of Psychology, University of Tulsa.
School of Nursing.
Psychol Trauma. 2018 Sep;10(5):559-562. doi: 10.1037/tra0000299. Epub 2017 Oct 9.
The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study is one of the largest studies ever conducted that has examined the relationship of childhood abuse, neglect, and family dysfunction to subsequent health and well-being later in life. Questions from the ACE study evolved into the ACE Study Questionnaire, a measure used for assessing individuals' self-reported experiences of childhood adversity. The ACE measure is widely available and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends it as a tool for assessing one's lifetime risk of mental and physical health problems and other negative social problems. Despite the extensive dissemination of the ACE Study Questionnaire, to date there has been only one article published about its psychometric properties. The current study examined the test-retest reliability of the ACE-SQ in a sample of nonservice seeking college athletes (N = 141).
Time 1 and Time 2 of data collection were approximately one year apart. Pearson's correlations were computed to observe a level of agreement between Time 1 and Time 2 responses.
The overall measure yielded a modest test-retest coefficient, r = .71, p < .001. Household dysfunction items demonstrated a higher stability coefficient, r = .65, p < .001 than did abuse and neglect items, r = .52, p < .001.
These findings suggest that further research is needed on the psychometric properties of this questionnaire in different age populations. (PsycINFO Database Record
童年期逆境经历（ACE）研究是有史以来规模最大的研究之一，该研究考察了儿童期虐待、忽视和家庭功能障碍与日后生活中的健康和幸福感之间的关系。ACE 研究的问题演变成 ACE 研究问卷，这是一种用于评估个体童年逆境经历的自我报告的工具。ACE 量表应用广泛，疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）建议将其作为评估一个人一生中心理健康和身体健康问题以及其他负面社会问题风险的工具。尽管 ACE 研究问卷得到了广泛的传播，但迄今为止，只有一篇关于其心理测量特性的文章发表。本研究在非服务寻求的大学生运动员样本中（N=141）检验了 ACE-SQ 的重测信度。
数据收集的第 1 次和第 2 次时间间隔大约为 1 年。计算皮尔逊相关系数以观察第 1 次和第 2 次反应之间的一致性水平。
总体测量得出了适度的重测信度系数 r =.71，p <.001。家庭功能障碍项目的稳定性系数 r =.65，p <.001 高于虐待和忽视项目的 r =.52，p <.001。
这些发现表明，需要在不同年龄人群中进一步研究该问卷的心理测量特性。
