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The ACE Study

Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey

There are 10 types of childhood trauma measured in the ACE Study.

 

Five are personal — physical abuse, verbal abuse, sexual abuse, physical neglect, and emotional neglect.

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Five are related to other family members: a parent who’s an alcoholic, a mother who’s a victim of domestic violence, a family member in jail, a family member diagnosed with a mental illness, and the disappearance of a parent through divorce, death or abandonment.

 

Each type of trauma counts as one. So a person who’s been physically abused, with one alcoholic parent, and a mother who was beaten up has an ACE score of three.

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The most important thing to remember is that the ACE score is meant as a guideline: If you experienced other types of toxic stress over months or years, then those would likely increase your risk of consequences.

 

 

Take the ACES quiz below. 

Learn more about the ACES Study here. https://acestoohigh.com/

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