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A Scoping Review of the Literature on Adverse Childhood Expe | 98682

International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine & Public Health

ISSN - 1840-4529

Abstract

A Scoping Review of the Literature on Adverse Childhood Experiences, Mental Health, and Social Functioning

Atharva Zhainagul*

Negative Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have an adverse effect on a person's physical, mental, and social functioning. To our knowledge, no study has looked at the literature on ACEs, mental health, and social functioning outcomes. Research literature focuses on the effect of ACEs on physical and mental health. to map the ways in which ACEs, mental health, and social functioning outcomes have been defined, evaluated, and studied in the empirical literature and to spot any gaps in the existing body of knowledge that require additional research. Implementation of a five-step framework-based scoping review methodology. The CINAHL, Ovid (Medline, Embase), and PsycInfo databases were all searched. According to the framework, the analysis included both a numerical and a narrative synthesis.

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