The Moderating Effect of Contact with Children on the Relationship between ACE and Depression

Zhao Y, Wang D, Du F.

The Moderating Effect of Contact with Children on the Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Depression in Adulthood among a Chinese Adult Population.

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jul 22;19(15):8901.

doi: 10.3390/ijerph19158901.

PMID: 35897272; PMCID: PMC9331561.

This study found that people with ACEs had significantly lower depression scores than those without ACEs, particularly in categories such as physical abuse, emotional neglect, sibling death, parental illness/disability, parental depression, hunger, violence, and bullying.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35897272/