Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Inuit Youth in Greenland (Ottendahl et al., 2024)

• Populations: Greenland Inuit middle and late adolescents
• Age ranges: 15-18
• Languages: Greenlandic (kalaallisut)
• Countries: Greenland

Items

• Have you experienced alcohol abuse in your close family?
• Have you experienced Marijuana or other drug use in your close family?
• Did your parents separate within the past year?
• Did you ever experience your mother being exposed to violence? and/or Did you ever experience your father being exposed to violence?
• Have you experienced any of the following in your home (Pushed, shook, pulled by your hair, beaten, exposed to other kinds of violence)?
• Has your mother/father done any of the following to you (pushed or shook you violently, pulled you by the hair, slap you, hit you, hit you with an object, kicked you, whipped you, beaten you up, threaten you with a knife or other weapon, done something else violent)?
• Have you experienced any of the following in your home (Parents were mad and silent about a conflict, you were criticised, you were yelled at, put down or threatened with violence)?
• Has your mother/father done any of the following to you (yelled at you, put you down or emotionally hurt you, thrown objects or kicked objects (not directly at you), threaten with violence)?
• Did you experience any of the following with an adult or someone at least 5 years older than you (You were offered to do something sexually without the adult touching you, you were pawed, the adult exposed his/her genitals, you exposed your genitals, the adult touched your genitals on the outside of your clothes, you touched the adults genitals on the outside of his/her clothes, the adult touched your genitals while you were naked, you touched the adults genital while he/ she was naked, imitate intercourse, other)?
• Did you experience intercourse with an adult or someone at least 5 years older than you?
• How many times have you had sexual contact with an adult or someone at least 5 years older than you?
• Do you know anyone who has committed suicide?
• How often have you been bullied at school the last couple of months?
• Is your mother alive?
• Is your father alive?
• Has anyone in your close family been addicted to gambling, such as card games, bingo, slot machines or similar?

Scoring

Not reported

Citations

Ottendahl, C. B., Seidler, I. K., Beck, A., Pedersen, C. P., Bjerregaard, P., & Larsen, C. V. L. (2024). Developing the ACEIG-scale: An adverse childhood experience scale for inuit youth in greenland. Child Abuse & Neglect, 148, 106471-106471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106471