Identifying Protective Factors in the Relation between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Subjective Well-being among Latino Adolescents
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Experiences during childhood play a crucial role in adolescents' health outcomes.Previous research has documented the negative impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on adolescents' physical health, mental health and health risk behaviors (Bielas et al., 2016;Brown & Shillington, 2017;Isohookana et al., 2016).Although Latino adolescents may experience a higher prevalence of ACEs (Llabre et al., 2017), they have been largely overlooked in the research literature.Not all adolescents who experience adversity develop negative outcomes.Previous research has found emotion regulation, religious meaning-making, selfefficacy, locus of control, purpose, community support, family cohesion, and social support to promote resilience among individuals who experience adversity (Bellis et al., 2017;Cardoso &
Author: Nunez, Miguel
Institution: University of Cincinnati
Language: English
Topic: Child Abuse and Trauma
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: National Science Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W7019654213