Impact of adverse childhood experiences on alcohol use in emerging adults in Montenegro and Romania

Abstract

Aiming at generating evidence for formulating targeted and cost-effective public health interventions for the effective control of alcohol use (AU) in emerging adults in South Eastern Europe. The study’s objective was to assess if alcohol users experience adverse childhood experiences (ACE) more often than non-users, and to identify which ACE victims are the most vulnerable to AU.

Keywords

• adverse childhood experiences
• alcohol use
• prevention
• south eastern europe
• neugodne izkušnje v otroštvu
• uživanje alkohola
• preventiva
• jugovzhodna evropa