Table 4.

ACE Question Definitions

Descriptor	Question
Neglect
Emotional Neglect	Caregiver did not understand your problems/worries; did not know what you were doing with your free time
Physical Neglect	Caregiver did not give you enough food or sending you to school even it could easily been done;too drunk/intoxicated by drugs to take care of you
Family Psychological Distress
Alcohol and/or drug abuser in the household	Lived with a household member who was a problem drinker, alcoholic, or misused street/prescription drugs
Incarcerated household member	Lived with a household member who ever sent to jail or prison
Someone chronically depressed, mentally ill, institutionalized or suicidal	Lived with a household member who was depressed, mentally ill, or suicidal
One or no parents, parental separation or divorce	Parents ever separated/divorced, or father/mother/guardian died
Home Violence
Physical Abuse	You being spanked/ slapped/kicked/ punched/beaten up; or being hit/cut with an object by parents/guardian
Emotional Abuse	You were yelled at/screamed at/sworn at/insulted or humiliated, or were threatened/abandoned, thrown out by parents/guardian
Household member treated violently	Saw or heard a parent/household member being yelled at/screamed at/sworn at/ insulted or humiliated; being slapped/kicked/punched/beaten up; or being hit/cut with an object
Community Violence
Bullying	Being bullied
Community Violence	See or hear someone being beaten up, stabbed, shot, or being threatened with a knife or gun in real life
Collective Violence	Forced to go and live in other place; experienced destrubtion of home due to these events; you or family member or friend killed or beaten up by soldiers, police, gangs, or militia