Table 1.

Original ACEs items versus current study items from the Comprehensive Trauma Interview (CTI).

	Original ACEs items	CTI items
Household Dysfunction
Divorce	Were your parents were ever separated or divorced?	Did anyone close to you ever move away from you? (only coded if notes indicated that it was parental divorce or separation)
Incarceration	Did a household member go to prison?	Did anyone close to you ever move away from you? (only coded if notes indicated that parent was incarcerated)
Intimate partner violence	Was your mother or stepmother: Often or very often pushed, grabbed, slapped, or had something thrown at her? Or Sometimes, often, or very often kicked, bitten, hit with a fist, or hit with something hard? Or Ever repeatedly hit at least a few minutes or threatened with a gun or knife?	Have there been times when you have seen or heard adults that take care of you say mean, insulting or threatening things to each other, hit each other or hurt each other physically?
Household member substance use	Did you live with anyone who was a problem drinker or alcoholic or who used street drugs?	Have the people who take/took care of you had problems with drugs or alcohol?
Maltreatment
Sexual abuse	Did an adult or person at least 5 years older than you ever... Touch or fondle you or have you touch their body in a sexual way? Or Attempt or actually have oral, anal, or vaginal intercourse with you?	Has anyone ever done something, or tried to do something sexual to you that you didn’t want?
Physical abuse	Did a parent or other adult in the household often or very often... Push, grab, slap, or throw something at you? Or Ever hit you so hard that you had marks or were injured?	Have you ever been hit or beaten, or physically mistreated by any adults?
Physical Neglect	Did you often or very often feel that ...You didn’t have enough to eat, had to wear dirty clothes, and had no one to protect you? Or ...Your parents were too drunk or high to take care of you or take you to the doctor if you needed it?	Have there been times when you did not have enough to eat, did not have clothes, medicine or medical attention, or didn’t have a place to sleep? Have there been times when the person(s) who was supposed to be taking care of you couldn’t do it very well because of the problems they were having?
Emotional neglect	Did you often or very often feel that ... No one in your family loved you or thought you were important or special? Or Your family didn’t look out for each other, feel close to each other, or support each other?	Have there been times when you felt rejected by your family?
Emotional abuse	Did a parent or other adult in the household often or very often... Swear at you, insult you, put you down, or humiliate you? Or Act in a way that made you afraid that you might be physically hurt?	Have there been times in your life when the adults that take care of you said mean or insulting things to you, put you down, or told you that you were no good?

Note. ACEs original item, ‘parental mental illness,’ was not available in CTI data and was therefore not included in the table.