2.133 Adverse Childhood Experiences Moderate the Relationship Between Minoritized Status and Engaging in Substance Use Among Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients

Abstract

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs; parental death, bullying) are linked to developing psychiatric disorders and substance use. Individuals with a minoritized status due to race, ethnicity, sexuality, or gender identity often have more ACEs. ACEs are linked to substance use, hypothesized due to coping. The study objective was to test whether the relationship between minoritized status and ever using a substance depends on ACEs in a sample of adolescent psychiatric inpatients.