Bounds Lab

University of California-Irvine

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Irvine · United States

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NIH R01 · 2024

Teaching Youth & Families Self-Regulation Skills to Disrupt the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences: Preventing Substance Use in Adversity-Impacted Youth

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) constitute a serious public health issue, impacting almost half of adolescents and over 60% of adults in the United States. High ACEs exposure (i.e., four or more ACEs) may result in self-dysregulation (i.e., challenges managing cognitions, emotions, and behaviors) and lead to early initiation of alcohol and substance use (e.g., self-medication hypothesis) and other biopsychosocial responses, such as cardiometabolic risks (e.g., lowered heart rate variability [HRV], increased weight and blood pressure, and sleep disturbance), and emotional and/or cognitive dysregulation. Health inequities resulting from self- dysregulation are…

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