Table 3. Individual effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on depressive symptoms by race and gender.
| ACE | Men | Women | EA | AA | ||||||
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| Beta (SE) | Pmen | Beta (SE) | Pwomen | PInteraction | Beta (SE) | PEA | Beta (SE) | PAA | PInteraction | |
| Abuse | ||||||||||
| Emotional | 6.7(1. 6) | <0.0 01 | 8.3(1.4) | <0.0 01 | 0.37 | 9.8(1. 5) | <0.0 01 | 6.3(1.4) | <0.0 01 | 0.09 |
| Physical | 5.6(1. 4) | <0.0 01 | 6.1(1.4) | <0.0 01 | 0.73 | 7.6(1. 4) | <0.0 01 | 4.7(1.3) | <0.0 01 | 0.13 |
| Sexual | 4.8(1. 5) | 0.001 | 7.8(1. 3) | <0.001 | 0.15 | 7.8(1. 3) | 0.001 | 5.3(1. 4) | 0.002 | 0.15 |
| Neglect | ||||||||||
| Emotional | 2.5(1. 7) | 0.15 | 8.0(1.6) | <0.0 01 | 0.02 | 5.5(1. 7) | <0.0 01 | 5.2(1.7) | <0.0 01 | 0.87 |
| Physical | 9.4(1. 5) | <0.0 01 | 9.3(2.7) | 0.00 1 | 0.93 | 9.2(2. 3) | <0.0 01 | 9.1(1.6) | <0.0 01 | 0.77 |
| Household Dysfunction | ||||||||||
| Substance abuse | 5.0(1. 2) | <0.0 01 | 4.7(1.1) | <0.0 01 | 0.86 | 5.7(1. 1) | <0.0 01 | 4.0(1.2) | 0.00 1 | 0.24 |
| Mental illness | 4.7(1. 2) | <0.0 01 | 3.9(1.2) | 0.00 1 | 0.75 | 4.3(1. 0) | <0.0 01 | 4.6(1.4) | 0.00 1 | 0.90 |
| Domestic violence | 6.5(1. 4) | <0.0 01 | 4.7(1.2) | <0.0 01 | 0.42 | 3.4(1. 4) | 0.01 | 7.0(1.2) | <0.0 01 | 0.15 |
| Criminal household member | 5.2(1. 5) | 0.00 1 | 1.1(1.4) | 0.45 | 0.03 | 5.2(1. 7) | 0.00 3 | 2.3(1.3) | 0.09 | 0.10 |
| Parental marital discord | 1.0(1. 2) | 0.39 | 1.1(1.1) | 0.33 | 0.88 | 0.01(1.2) | 0.99 | 1.6(1.1) | 0.14 | 0.41 |
SE: standard error; EA: European American; AA: African American
Each model includes only one ACE subscale as predictor and controls for age, gender, race, BMI and childhood SES.