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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2020 May 13;41(9):785–791. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2020.1731636

Table 3.

The descriptive statistics of ACEs, IPV, and mental health (N = 87).

The sample (N = 87)
ACE types, n (%)
 Childhood physical abuse 22 (25.3)
 Childhood emotional abuse 14 (16.1)
 Childhood physical neglect 6 (6.9)
 Childhood emotional neglect 6 (6.9)
 Sexual assault in childhood 36 (41.4)
 Mother treated violently 35 (40.2)
 Household substance use 18 (20.7)
 Household mental illness 6 (6.9)
 Parental separation or divorce 62 (71.3)
 Incarcerated household member 9 (10.3)
The number of ACE types, n (%)
 No ACE 13 (14.9)
 1–2 ACE types 30 (34.5)
 3 or more ACE types 44 (50.6)
IPV
 SVAWS total score, M±SD (Median/Range) 23.4±5.2 (22/14–34)
Mental health
 EPDS total score, M±SD (Median/Range) 13.6±6.0 (14/1–25)
 Depression risk, n (%) 39 (44.8)
 No depression risk, n (%) 48 (55.2)
 DTS total score, M±SD (Median/Range) 47.1±32.6 (42/1–121)
 PTSD risk, n (%) 44 (51.8)
 No PTSD risk, n (%) 41 (48.2)

ACE = adverse childhood experience; IPV = intimate partner violence; SVAWS = the Severity of Violence Against Women Scale; DTS = Davidson Trauma Scale; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder; EPDS = Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.