Gender differences in the association between adverse childhood experiences and impulsivity in Saudi Arabian adults: A cross-sectional study

Saleh A. Alghamdi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0341789

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Gender differences in the association between adverse childhood experiences and impulsivity in Saudi Arabian adults: A cross-sectional study

Saleh A. Alghamdi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: saalghamedi@imamu.edu.sa

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3264-7397

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Gender differences in the association between adverse childhood experiences and impulsivity in Saudi Arabian adults: A cross-sectional study

Saleh A. Alghamdi

Published: May 4, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341789

About the Authors

Saleh A. Alghamdi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: saalghamedi@imamu.edu.sa

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3264-7397

Competing Interests

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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