Table 1 Frequencies of the Adverse Childhood Experiences Items Among Black Sexual Minority Men, The N2 Cohort Study (N = 147)

Before you were 18 years old,

Factor 1: Household dysfunction

0.79

Domain 1: Household Mental Illness (item #1)

27 (18.4)

0.82

1

did you live with anyone who was depressed, mentally ill, or suicidal? (yes / no / not sure)^a

27 (18.4)

0.89

Domain 2: Household Substance Abuse (item #2 or 3)

54 (36.7)

0.83

2

did you live with anyone who was a problem drinker or alcoholic? yes / no / not sure)^a

41 (27.9)

0.89

3

did you live with anyone who used illegal street drugs or who abused prescription medications? (yes / no / not sure)^a

38 (25.9)

0.88

Domain 3: Incarcerated Family Member (item #4)

56 (38.1)

0.83

4

did you live with anyone who served time or was sentenced to serve time in a prison, jail, or other correctional facility? (yes / no / not sure)^a

56 (38.1)

0.89

Domain 4: Parental Separation (item #5)

46 (31.3)

0.88

5

were your parents separated or divorced? (yes / no / not sure / parents never married)^b

46 (31.3)

0.91

Factor 2: Emotional / Physical Abuse

0.87

Domain 5: Intimate Partner Violence (item #6)

49 (33.3)

0.83

6

how often did your parents or adults in your home: slap, hit, kick, punch, or beat each other up? (scale: never/ once / more than once / not sure)^c

49 (33.3)

0.90

Domain 6: Physical Abuse (item #7)

40 (27.2)

0.83

7

how often did your parents or adults in your home: hit, beat, kick, or physically hurt you in any way? Do not include spanking. (scale: never/ once / more than once / not sure) ^c

40 (27.2)

0.90

Domain 7: Emotional Abuse (item #8)

79 (53.7)

0.82

8

how often did your parents or adults in your home: swear at you, insult you, or put you down? (scale: never/ once / more than once / not sure)^c

79 (53.7)

0.88

Factor 3: Sexual Abuse

0.98

Domain 8: Sexual Abuse (any item # 9, 10, 11)

46 (31.3)

0.83

9

how often did anyone at least 5 years older than you: touch you sexually? (scale: never/ once / more than once / not sure)^c

44 (29.9)

0.88

10

how often did anyone at least 5 years older than you: try to make you touch them sexually? (scale: never/ once / more than once / not sure)^c

41 (27.9)

0.89

11

how often did anyone at least 5 years older than you: force you to have sex? (scale: never/ once / more than once / not sure)^c

24 (16.3)

0.89

Total ACE score items – mean (SD) – total 11 items – unidimensional structure

0.90

0

32 (21.8)

1

21 (14.3)

2

14 (9.5)

3

19 (12.9)

4 + 

61 (41.5)

Total ACE score domains – mean (SD) – total 8 items—unidimensional structure

0.85

0

32 (21.8)

1

21 (14.3)

2

20 (13.6)

3

23 (15.6)

4 + 

51 (34.6)