A developing line of research suggests that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) increase the risk for antisocial behavior and future victimization. However, the mechanisms that underlie this association remain largely speculative. To address this gap in the existing body of research, data on full siblings from a large population-based sample of youth were analyzed to evaluate the direct effect of ACEs on child antisocial behavior, adolescent delinquency, and young adult violent victimization after controlling for familial confounders. Traditional between-family analyses revealed that ACEs were significantly associated with higher levels of childhood antisocial behavior, adolescent delinquent behavior, and risk for violent crime victimization. After controlling for unmeasured common genetic and shared environmental confounds using fixed-effect sibling comparisons, siblings exposed to more ACEs did not demonstrate higher levels of antisocial behavior, delinquent behavior, or risk for future victimization. The implications of these results for future ACEs research are discussed.

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进一步评估不良童年经历，反社会行为和暴力受害者之间的关系：同胞比较分析

越来越多的研究表明，不良的儿童时期经历（ACE）会增加反社会行为和未来受害的风险。但是，这种关联的基础机制仍然是推测性的。为了解决现有研究中的这一差距，对大量基于人口的青年样本中全兄弟姐妹的数据进行了分析，以评估ACEs对控制家庭暴力后对儿童反社会行为，青少年犯罪和青少年暴力受害的直接影响。混杂因素。传统的家庭间分析表明，ACEs与儿童反社会行为，青少年犯罪行为和暴力犯罪受害风险的高水平显着相关。在使用固定效应兄弟姐妹比较法控制了无法衡量的常见遗传和共有环境混杂因素后，暴露于更多ACE的兄弟姐妹并未表现出更高水平的反社会行为，犯罪行为或未来受害的风险。讨论了这些结果对未来ACEs研究的意义。