Coparenting, Negative Educational Outcomes, and Familial Instability in Justice-involved Families

2021 ◽  
pp. 0306624X2110137
Author(s):  
Eman Tadros ◽  
Katherine A. Durante
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Family Study ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
Antisocial Personality Traits ◽  
And Training

Incarceration of a parent is associated with negative consequences for children, such as behavioral problems, the development of antisocial personality traits, and decreased educational attainment. Data from the Multi-site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting, and Partnering was used to analyze four measures of the coparenting relationship in families in which the father is incarcerated and the mother is not, to examine if a higher quality, more cohesive coparenting relationship is associated with fewer adverse childhood experiences for the parents’ shared child. Findings suggest that children of parents who frequently argue about the child are more likely to have ever been suspended or expelled from school and are more likely to have ever had to live outside of the home with a relative, family friend, or foster parents. Clinical implications are discussed, and future directions call for research, practice, and training to improve outcomes for incarcerated coparents and their children.

Do Social Bonds Buffer the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Reoffending?

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica M. Craig ◽  
Michael T. Baglivio ◽  
Kevin T. Wolff ◽  
Alex R. Piquero ◽  
Nathan Epps
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Social Bonds ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Adjudicated Youth ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Research from multiple disciplines has reported that exposure to childhood traumatic events, often referred to as adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), increases an individual’s chances of experiencing a wide variety of negative consequences such as chronic disease, unemployment, and involvement in serious, violent, and chronic offending. The current study assesses how protective factors from social bonds may moderate the relationship between ACEs and future offending in a sample of high-risk adjudicated youth. While results showed that increased ACE exposure led to a higher likelihood of rearrest and more social bonds lowered the likelihood of rearrest, in contrast to expectations, the analyses revealed that stronger social bonds did not reduce the deleterious effects of exposure to more types of ACEs on recidivism. A discussion of these findings is offered, along with study limitations and future directions.

scholarly journals Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Protective and Therapeutic Potential of Nature

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna K. Touloumakos ◽  
Alexia Barrable
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Therapeutic Potential ◽  
Mental Health Disorder ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are prevalent in many western populations. Large studies have put the likelihood of having at least one ACE above 50% of the general population. ACEs and the associated experience of chronic stress, moreover, have been consistently linked with a variety of negative physical and psychological health outcomes across the lifespan from behavioral problems and cognitive difficulties early on, to greater chance of suffering from a mental health disorder and engaging in self destructing behaviors. The literature puts forward several protective factors, such as mother-child relations, parental health, and community engagement. In this perspective paper we put forward the potential of regular nature engagement as a possible additional protective factor. Nature’s therapeutic potential has been well documented, for many psychopathologies and mental health difficulties. Yet studies looking at the protective and therapeutic potential of nature with people with ACEs are remarkably limited in numbers. In this perspective piece we conduct a search of the literature to find previous applications of nature as a protective or therapeutic intervention for people with ACEs. We highlight the gap in the current literature, and put forward various mechanisms of action that justify a closer exploration of this area in further research.

Modeling the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire–International Version

2021 ◽  
pp. 107755952110431
Author(s):  
Jordan A. Gette ◽  
Tre D. Gissandaner ◽  
Andrew K. Littlefield ◽  
Chelsy S. Simmons ◽  
Adam T. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
World Health ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Component Structure ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Measure Evaluation

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are related to a host of deleterious physical and mental health outcomes. The ACE–International Questionnaire (ACE-IQ) was developed to assess categories of ACEs (e.g., sexual, emotional, and physical abuse) in internationally representative samples. Though the ACE-IQ has been used world-wide, little work has examined the structure of this measure. Further, much of the modeling techniques implemented lacked theoretical rationale. The present work used two principal components analyses (PCA) to evaluate the ACE-IQ structure using both the identified ACE categories as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and using the ACE-IQ items as individual indicators. Using the WHO method, a two-component structure was indicated. Alternatively, a PCA of the individual items yielded a six-component structure. Results highlight the importance of theoretically grounded measure evaluation and the potential distinctions amongst types of ACEs. Implications and future directions for research and practice are discussed.

scholarly journals Serving-Up the ACE: Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (“ACE”) in Dependency Adoption Through the Lens of Social Science

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Hawkins ◽  
Taylor Scribner
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
The United States ◽  
Court System ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
Foster Care Adoption

Almost certainly, every child who enters the foster care system has endured some sort of trauma. It is unrefuted that childhood trauma correlates with mental, physical, and behavioral problems well into adulthood. In 1998, one of the first major studies of the relationship between certain forms of childhood trauma and adult behavior and disease was reported. Collectively, these traumas are called “Adverse Childhood Experiences” (ACE). Today ACE refers to ten common forms of trauma that individuals may have experienced as children. To put this issue in perspective, it is currently estimated that 34.8 million children in the United States are affected by ACE, two out of three adults have one or more ACE, and one out of eight adults have four or more ACE. Since the original study, several studies have been published linking ACE to detrimental lifelong effects relating to mental health, chronic health, and behavior patterns. Despite this, the consideration of ACE in family law and child welfare-related cases is a relatively new concept in courts across the country. This Article summarizes the research on ACE and how this research has become integrated into the courtroom, using the Florida court system as an example. In addition, in a novel approach, this article will articulate how ACE research and findings can be utilized in foster care adoption.

Associations of Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences with Behavioral Problems in Preschool Children

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110500
Author(s):  
Xiaoyan Wang ◽  
Gangzhu Yin ◽  
Feng Guo ◽  
Haili Hu ◽  
Zhicheng Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Parent Rating ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Preschool Period ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
Increased Risk

Investigations have found maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) cause an intergenerational danger to their children’s health. However, no study has investigated the effects of maternal ACEs on behavioral problems of preschool children in China and gender differences on these effects. This paper aims to investigate the role of maternal ACEs on behavioral problems of preschool children in China and explore gender differences as related to these behavioral problems. Stratified cluster sampling method was used to select 7318 preschool children from 12 districts in Hefei city, China. A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect information on maternal exposure to ACEs and Conners’ Parent Rating Scales. Logistic regression was used to analyze the relationship between maternal ACEs and children’s behavioral problems. The prevalence of behavioral problems in preschool children was 16.0%, while it was higher among girls (18.4%) than boys (13.92%) (χ2 = 27.979, p < 0.001). The rate of behavioral problems in children in the group of mothers with ACEs was higher than those without ACEs (all p < 0.05). Maternal ACEs were associated with increased risk of the behavior problems in preschool children (adjusted OR 2.91, 95% CI 2.45–3.45), and no gender difference (in girls 3.01, 2.38–3.81, in boys 2.79, 2.17–3.58, respectively) was found. Maternal ACEs were associated with increased risk of each type of the behavioral problems of preschool children, except that maternal emotional neglect was not associated with psycho-physical problems, impulse-activities, and anxiety. The only gender differences found were higher conduct problems related to maternal emotional abuse and ACEs and higher anxiety related to maternal physical abuse and community violence in girls compared with boys. Mothers exposured to ACEs are more likely to have children with behavioral health problems in preschool period. Further research is needed to explore the mechanisms by which maternal ACEs influence children’s behavioral problems.

scholarly journals Specific adverse childhood experiences and their association with other adverse childhood experiences, asthma and emotional, developmental and behavioral problems in childhood

2020 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay A. Thompson ◽  
Stephanie L. Filipp ◽  
Jasmine A. Mack ◽  
Rebeccah E. Mercado ◽  
Andrew Barnes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Adverse Childhood

scholarly journals The Number of Adverse Childhood Experiences Is Associated with Emotional and Behavioral Problems among Adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (13) ◽  
pp. 2446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriama Lackova Rebicova ◽  
Zuzana Dankulincova Veselska ◽  
Daniela Husarova ◽  
Andrea Madarasova Geckova ◽  
Jitse P. van Dijk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Position ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Problems ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Financial Status ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
Clear Dose Response ◽  
Modifying Effect

This study aims to examine the association of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) with emotional and behavioral problems (EBP) among adolescents and the degree to which this association is stronger for more ACE. In addition, we assessed whether socioeconomic position (SEP) modifies the association of ACE with EBP. We obtained data from 341 adolescents aged 10–16 (mean age = 13.14 years; 44.0% boys), the baseline of a cohort study. We measured EBP with the strengths and difficulties questionnaire and socioeconomic position (SEP) with self-reported financial status. We used generalized linear models to analyze the association between ACE (0 vs. 1–2 vs. 3 and more) and EBP, and the modifying effect of SEP. Adolescents with 1–2 ACE (regression coefficient: 0.19; 95%-confidence interval (CI): 0.06–0.32) and with 3 ACE and over (0.35; 0.17–0.54) reported more overall problems compared with adolescents without ACE. Moreover, adolescents with 1–2 ACE (0.16; −0.01–0.32, and 0.16; 0.03–0.29) and with 3 and over ACE (0.33; 0.10–0.56, and 0.28; 0.09–0.47) reported more emotional problems and behavioral problems, respectively. The interactions of SEP with ACE were not significant. ACE are related to EBP among adolescents, with a clear dose-response association, and this association similarly holds for all SEP categories.

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