There is also a strong argument to be made regarding the impact that individual ACE domains have. Our results showed that emotional abuse was the most prevalent (33%), while sexual abuse was the least prevalent (11%), however, research has shown that these domains do not have equitable effects [39]. As such, the prevalence of ACEs domains should not be confused with correlations of impact (i.e., emotional abuse treated as a bigger issue than sexual abuse solely because of increased prevalence), particularly as programming is developed to limit childhood adversity and long-term sequelae.
