5-2 Journal: Reflection Iidepartment Of Psychology, Southern

5-2 Journal: Reflection IIDepartment of Psychology, Southern New Hampshire UniversityPSY 314: Disorders of Child/Adolescence 09:11:24 GMT -05:005-2 Journal: Reflection IIThe Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) survey surprised me in a positive way because I thought my score would be a lot higher than it was. According to the CDC (2023), ACEs are childhood traumatic experiences that can have a long-lasting detrimental effect on an adult's physical and mental health. These encounters may involve abuse, neglect, difficulties within the home/community, or other unfavorable incidents (“What are adverse childhood experiences”, 2023). My ACE results totaled out to 3 out of a possible 10. In comparison to the National average my score is consistent with about 9.5% women and men in the general population, while most of the population in this study displayed no adverse childhood experience, 36.1% (“Participant Demographics”, 2021).According to Esaki & Larkin Holloway (2013) the mean ACE score for a sample of 94 social workers was 2. Behavioral healthcare professionals are associated with having higher ACE scores than the general population. This is further proven by Steen and associates (2020), they also indicated that the mean ACE score out of a sample of 5540 social workers was 2.1.