the article i read yesterday on this was about how they formulated this test. they were doing a research on a dieting thing for obese people. they found staggering statistics of overweight and obese people with histories of childhood abuse (physical, emotional, verbal, sexual). so they created the ACE quiz. they discovered a link between childhood adverse events and physical problems in adults. at least thats what i took from it

heres the article

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015...ntent=20150302