The Impact of Child Maltreatment and Adverse Childhood Experiences on Problematic Alcohol Use in a Nationally Representative Survey of Youth

Dhatsayini Rattambige, Daryl J. Higgins, Sarah Whittle, Michael H. Cole, Ben Mathews, James G. Scott, Holly Erskine, Franziska Meinck, Rosana Pacella, David Lawrence, Divna M. Haslam, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University, Healthy Brain and Mind Research Centre, School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, School of Law at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, South Brisbane, Child and Youth Mental Health Service, s Health Queensland, South Brisbane, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation , at the University of Washington, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University, South Africa, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, Institute for Lifecourse Development, University of Greenwich, Mental Health in the School of Population Health at Curtin University

Child Maltreatment

Published online on October 14, 2025