Table 3.

Logistic regression analysis of ACEs, always-available trusted adult support in childhood and their associations with childhood resilience resources

Trusted adult support by ACE count		Childhood resilience resources
		Role model		Parents/caregivers knew a lot about me		Belonged at school		Supportive friends		Community help		Given opportunities		Culturally engaged
		AOR (95% CI)	p	AOR (95% CI)	p	AOR (95% CI)	p	AOR (95% CI)	p	AOR (95% CI)	p	AOR (95% CI)	p	AOR (95% CI)	p
No trusted adult support	≥ 4	Ref	***		***		***		***		***		***		***
	2–3	2.708 (1.67–4.39)	***	1.879 (1.16–3.04)	0.010	1.985 (1.22–3.24)	0.006	1.589 (0.99–2.56)	0.056	1.619 (0.98–2.68)	0.061	3.206 (1.97–5.22)	***	2.087 (1.29–3.37)	0.003
	1	3.979 (2.29–6.92)	***	4.518 (2.58–7.90)	***	3.653 (2.14–6.25)	***	3.204 (1.79–2.74)	***	2.240 (1.31–3.84)	0.003	3.932 (2.29–6.75)	***	2.849 (1.66–4.88)	***
	0	7.548 (4.59–12.41)	***	7.611 (4.66–12.44)	***	4.637 (2.95–7.28)	***	3.214 (2.03–5.10)	***	2.630 (1.68–4.13)	***	5.725 (3.62–9.05)	***	3.986 (2.54–6.67)	***
Yes trusted adult support	≥ 4	5.897 (3.59–9.68)	***	4.437 (2.78–7.08)	***	3.533 (2.23–5.59)	***	5.564 (3.26–9.49)	***	5.199 (3.24–8.34)	***	5.743 (3.56–9.26)	***	4.003 (2.51–6.38)	***
	2–3	12.451 (7.76–19.99)	***	12.098 (7.66–19.10)	***	6.652 (4.40–10.05)	***	7.970 (4.98–12.75	***	4.126 (2.75–6.20)	***	7.290 (4.81–11.05)	***	7.289 (4.78–11.13)	***
	1	31.898 (18.23–55.81)	***	20.407 (12.70–32.80)	***	10.398 (6.92–15.63)	***	23.283 (13.03–41.59)	***	9.114 (6.07–13.68)	***	14.055 (9.17–21.55)	***	11.431 (7.48–17.47)	***
	0	60.698 (37.58–98.05)	***	37.288 (24.64–56.43)	***	15.783 (10.96–22.72)	***	20.103 (13.40–30.17)	***	10.054 (7.01–14.42)	***	21.659 (14.90–31.48)	***	17.601 (12.15–25.49)	***

For a full description of each resilience resource, see Additional file 1: Table S1

Ref reference category, ACE adverse childhood experience, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval

***p < 0.001