New York University, United States of America.
Seoul National University, South Korea.
Child Abuse Negl. 2023 Dec;146:106453. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106453. Epub 2023 Sep 28.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are risk factors affecting adolescent psychosocial adjustment. Youth involved in the juvenile justice system are more likely to have ACEs, but few studies have investigated this topic outside the western context.
This study aims to (1) compare latent profiles of ACEs among probation and non-probation youth in South Korea and (2) examine which profiles pose the greatest risk of maladaptive psychosocial adjustment (offline risk-taking, online risk-taking, school adjustment, and happiness).
South Korean data adopting survey questions from the Fourth International Self-Report Delinquency Study was analyzed. Adolescents with complete information on regression covariates were included (non-probation: 1846/probation: 368).
Latent profile analysis was utilized to identify distinctive patterns of ACEs. Multiple linear regression and logistic regression were performed to predict the maladjustment experiences of each latent subgroup.
Four ACE profiles emerged for probation and non-probation samples. Three profiles were common (i.e., emotional/physical abuse, emotional neglect, high maltreatment/domestic violence) and one profile was unique (high maltreatment with family dysfunction for the probation sample; moderate maltreatment for the non-probation sample). In the probation sample, compared to the emotional neglect group, the other three profiles showed poorer adjustment in at least one domain. In the non-probation sample, profiles with high emotional/physical abuse and high maltreatment/family dysfunction had poorer outcomes than the emotional neglect group.
These findings indicate the need for a comprehensive approach toward adolescents and their family environments for preventing delinquency and promoting positive youth adjustment.
不良童年经历（ACEs）是影响青少年心理社会适应的风险因素。参与少年司法系统的青少年更有可能经历 ACEs，但很少有研究在西方背景之外调查这一主题。
本研究旨在：(1) 比较韩国缓刑和非缓刑青少年 ACEs 的潜在特征；(2) 考察哪些特征对适应不良的心理社会调整构成最大风险（线下冒险、线上冒险、学校调整和幸福感）。
分析了采用第四次国际自我报告犯罪研究调查问题的韩国数据。纳入了回归协变量完整信息的青少年（非缓刑：1846/缓刑：368）。
采用潜在剖面分析识别 ACEs 的独特模式。进行多元线性回归和逻辑回归，以预测每个潜在亚组的失调体验。
缓刑和非缓刑样本中出现了四个 ACE 特征。三个特征是共同的（即情感/身体虐待、情感忽视、高虐待/家庭暴力），一个特征是独特的（缓刑样本中高虐待与家庭功能障碍；非缓刑样本中中度虐待）。在缓刑样本中，与情感忽视组相比，其他三个特征在至少一个领域的调整较差。在非缓刑样本中，高情感/身体虐待和高虐待/家庭功能障碍的特征比情感忽视组的结果更差。
这些发现表明需要采取综合方法对待青少年及其家庭环境，以预防犯罪和促进青少年的积极调整。
