Thomas J. Schofield is with the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames. M. Brent Donnellan is with the Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station. Melissa T. Merrick, Katie A. Ports, Joanne Klevens, and Rebecca Leeb are with the Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Am J Public Health. 2018 Sep;108(9):1148-1152. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304598.
To understand the role of the community environment on intergenerational continuity in adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among a rural White sample.
Parents in 12 counties in rural Iowa reported retrospectively on their own ACEs in 1989. We measured their child's ACEs retrospectively and prospectively across adolescence (n = 451 families). We measured structural and social process-related measures of community environment (i.e., community socioeconomic status, parents' perception of community services, perceived community social cohesion, and neighborhood alcohol vendor density) on multiple occasions during the child's adolescence.
The 4 measures of community environment were all correlated with the child's ACEs, but only alcohol vendor density predicted ACEs after inclusion of covariates. Intergenerational continuity in ACEs was moderated by both social cohesion (b = -0.11; SE = 0.04) and alcohol vendor density (b = -0.11; SE = 0.05).
Efforts to increase community social cohesion and manage alcohol vendor density may assist families in breaking the cycle of maltreatment across generations.
了解农村白人群体中社区环境对不良儿童经历（ACEs）代际连续性的作用。
爱荷华州 12 个县的父母在 1989 年回顾了自己的 ACEs。我们通过回顾和前瞻性评估青少年时期（n=451 个家庭）来衡量他们孩子的 ACEs。我们在孩子的青少年时期多次测量了社区环境的结构和社会过程相关指标（即社区社会经济地位、父母对社区服务的看法、感知社区社会凝聚力和邻里酒精供应商密度）。
4 项社区环境指标均与儿童 ACEs 相关，但仅酒精供应商密度在纳入协变量后预测 ACEs。ACEs 的代际连续性受到社会凝聚力（b=-0.11；SE=0.04）和酒精供应商密度（b=-0.11；SE=0.05）的调节。
增加社区社会凝聚力和管理酒精供应商密度的努力可能有助于家庭打破代际间虐待的循环。
