Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Relationships with Perceived Stress and Self-Care Behaviors in African American Social Work Students: Insights from a Latent Class Analysis.

Autor: Lee J; Jaegoo Lee, PhD,  MSW, is associate professor, School of Social Work, College of Health Sciences, Jackson State University, 3825 Ridgewood Road, Universities Center 3-20, Jackson, MS 39211, USA., Allen TL; Trenia L. Allen, EdD, LCSW, are associate professors, School of Social Work, College of Health Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA., Hernandez PM; Pedro M. Hernandez, PhD,  MSW, are associate professors, School of Social Work, College of Health Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA., Tompkins S; Sherita Tompkins, DSW,  LMSW,  LGSW, is clinical assistant professor, School of Social Work, College of Health Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA., Richards KV; Kristin V. Richards,  PhD, LCSW, is BSW chair and associate professor, School of Social Work, College of Health Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Health & social work [Health Soc Work] 2024 Aug 01; Vol. 49 (3), pp. 157-165.
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/hlae013
Abstrakt: Based on stress sensitization theory and stress proliferation theory, this study was designed to identify adverse childhood experience (ACE) classes and their relationships with perceived stress and self-care behaviors. Hypotheses were that (a) there would be diverse ACE classes among African American social work students; (b) the identified classes embedded in high/multiple ACEs would have greater levels of perceived stress than those in low ACEs; and (c) the identified classes embedded in high/multiple ACEs would have lower levels of self-care behaviors than those in low ACEs. Recruited from one of the South's historically Black colleges and universities, 186 African American social work students completed an online survey. Latent class analysis found three classes fit the data best: low ACEs, high divorce/abuse/neglect, and high/multiple ACEs. Students in the high divorce/abuse/neglect class had the greatest levels of perceived stress and significantly greater perceived stress levels than the low ACEs class. The low ACEs class had greater self-care behaviors than students in the other two ACEs classes. The study revealed diverse ACE classes and the effect of more ACEs on greater perceived stress and lower self-care behaviors, supporting the importance of using a range of approaches to support African American social work students with different ACEs.
(© 2024 National Association of Social Workers.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
Externí odkaz:
Nepřihlášeným uživatelům se plný text nezobrazuje