ACES-R4
Adverse Childhood Experiences Scale – R4
Unit Cost
$2.00
The ACES-R4 (Adverse Childhood Experiences Scale – R4) is a refinement of the original scale. The original multipart questions are divided into individual and more specific questions. Additionally the yes-no response options are replaced with a Likert scale to document reoccurrence. The questionnaire simply asks whether or not events occurred and is not a formal psychometric assessment. Some patterns of responses have been found to be associated with risk for mental health conditions among adults. The ACES-R4 may assist in starting conversations about childhood events or suggest background for identified conditions.
Benefits
- Provides information from traditional ACES scale
- Separates double barrel questions in the traditional ACES for better specificity of experiences
- Uses simple Likert scale instead of yes/no
Application
- May serve as a screen for certain conditions
- Assists in starts conversations about childhood events
- Intake tool to flag background issue
- Improved research tool related to healthcare utilization
Administration
- Time requirement from 5-10 minutes
- Two online administration options:
- Computer prompted - clinician/technician reads questions and enters response
- Computer administered - clinician/technician sets up interview and patient interacts directly with the program