Promoting Resilience: Breaking the Intergenerational Cycle of Adverse Childhood Experiences
| Autor: | Lauren Slagel, Chris C Sexton, Kathy Goggin, Bridget Cho, Briana Woods-Jaeger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male Child abuse media_common.quotation_subject Psychological intervention Participatory action research Dysfunctional family Developmental psychology Interviews as Topic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Adverse Childhood Experiences 030225 pediatrics Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Poverty Qualitative Research media_common Parenting Child rearing 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Social Support Protective Factors Resilience Psychological Mental health Intergenerational Relations Female Psychological resilience Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Health Education & Behavior. 45:772-780 |
| ISSN: | 1552-6127 1090-1981 |
| Popis: | Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), including trauma exposure, parent mental health problems, and family dysfunction, put children at risk for disrupted brain development and increased risk for later health problems and mortality. These negative effects may be prevented by resilience promoting environments that include protective caregiving relationships. We sought to understand (1) parents’ experiences of ACEs, (2) the perceived impact on parenting, (3) protective factors that buffer ACEs potential negative impact, and (4) supports and services that can reduce the number and severity of ACEs and promote resilience among children exposed to early adversity. We conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with 11 low-income, urban parents of young children who had experienced ACEs. Interviews were analyzed for emergent themes and shared with parents from the community to ensure relevance and proper interpretation. Themes from these interviews describe the potential intergenerational cycle of ACEs and key factors that can break that cycle, including parent aspirations to make children’s lives better and parent nurturance and support. Parents’ suggestions for intervention are also presented. Our findings illuminate protective factors and family strengths that are important to build upon when developing and implementing interventions to promote resilience among parents and children exposed to early adversity. This study benefits from highly ecologically valid data obtained from low–socioeconomic status, racial/ethnic minority parents through one-on-one in-depth interviews and interpreted with the aid of community stakeholders through a community-based participatory research approach. |
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