Profiles of Resilience among Children Exposed to Non-Maltreatment Adverse Childhood Experiences
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Adverse Childhood Experiences
1.2. Exposure to NM-ACEs and Resilience
1.3. Theoretical Framework: Resilience Portfolio Model
1.4. Distinct Profiles of Resilience
1.5. The Current Study
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedures
2.3. Measures
2.3.1. NM-ACEs
2.3.2. Profiles of Resilience
2.4. Analysis Plan
3. Results
3.1. Profile Identification
3.2. Profile Descriptions
3.3. Profile Demographic Differences
4. Discussion
4.1. Strengths and Limitations
4.2. Implications
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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n | % | M (SD) | Range | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Child Characteristics | ||||
Age at time of assessment (in years) | 4904 | 7.2 (0.3) | 5.8–8.8 | |
Sex (female) | 2477 | 50.3 | ||
Race/Ethnicity | ||||
White; Non-Hispanic | 2168 | 44 | ||
Black; Non-Hispanic | 605 | 12.3 | ||
Hispanic | 1582 | 32 | ||
Other races * | 574 | 11.6 | ||
Parent/Family Characteristics | ||||
Age (in years) | 4918 | 35 (7.5) | 20–76 | |
Race/Ethnicity | ||||
White; Non-Hispanic | 2372 | 48.1 | ||
Black; Non-Hispanic | 606 | 12.3 | ||
Hispanic | 1474 | 29.9 | ||
Other | 458 | 9.7 | ||
Education level (less than high school) | 906 | 18.4 | ||
Household income (<200% federal poverty level) | 3656 | 74.2 |
Model | BIC | LMR | LMR p-Value | BLRT | BLRT p-Value | Entropy |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2-class | 114832 | 10357 | <0.001 | 10479 | <0.001 | 0.875 |
3-class | 111606 | 3273 | <0.001 | 3311 | <0.001 | 0.864 |
4-class | 109860 | 1810 | 0.038 | 1831 | <0.001 | 0.881 |
5-class | 108710 | 1220 | 0.635 | 1235 | <0.001 | 0.814 |
6-class | 107408 | 1371 | 0.271 | 1387 | <0.001 | 0.827 |
7-class | 106474 | 1007 | 0.160 | 1019 | <0.001 | 0.844 |
8-class | 105829 | 721 | 0.477 | 730 | <0.001 | 0.834 |
Latent Profiles | F | p | Post Hoc Differences | |||||
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Profile 1: Low Cognitive, Executive Functioning | Profile 2: Low Social, Behavioral | Profile 3: Low Average | Profile 4: Multi-Domain Resilience | |||||
Maternal Age (years) | 34.4 | 34.9 | 34.5 | 35.2 | 3.314 | 0.019 | 3 ≠ 4 | |
Female (%) | 49% | 30% | 43% | 60% | 85.49 | <0.001 | 1,3 ≠ 2,4; 2 ≠ 4 | |
Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
White; Non-Hispanic | 30% | 45% | 40% | 47% | 140.96 | <0.001 | 1≠ 2,4; 2≠3 | |
Black; Non-Hispanic | 17% | 22% | 13% | 9% | 4 ≠ 1,3; 2 ≠ 3,4 | |||
Hispanic | 40% | 25% | 36% | 31% | 2 ≠ 4; 1,3 ≠ 2,4 | |||
Other races * | 12% | 8% | 11% | 13% | 2 ≠ 4 | |||
Parental education level (<high school) | 23% | 15% | 25% | 15% | 70.58 | <0.001 | 1,3 ≠ 2,4 | |
Non-maltreatment ACEs | ||||||||
Poverty (< 200% poverty level) | 83% | 78% | 80% | 69% | 77.28 | <0.001 | 4 ≠ 1,2,3 | |
Received benefits | 46% | 49% | 47% | 33% | 112.77 | <0.001 | 4 ≠ 1,2,3 | |
Parental depression | 44% | 47% | 46% | 50% | 8.14 | 0.043 | No sig diff | |
Parental emotional/substance use problems | 12% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 4.94 | 0.176 | No sig diff |
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Yoon, S.; Helsabeck, N.; Wang, X.; Logan, J.; Pei, F.; Hamby, S.; Slesnick, N. Profiles of Resilience among Children Exposed to Non-Maltreatment Adverse Childhood Experiences. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 10600. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010600
Yoon S, Helsabeck N, Wang X, Logan J, Pei F, Hamby S, Slesnick N. Profiles of Resilience among Children Exposed to Non-Maltreatment Adverse Childhood Experiences. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(20):10600. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010600
Chicago/Turabian StyleYoon, Susan, Nathan Helsabeck, Xiafei Wang, Jessica Logan, Fei Pei, Sherry Hamby, and Natasha Slesnick. 2021. "Profiles of Resilience among Children Exposed to Non-Maltreatment Adverse Childhood Experiences" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 20: 10600. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010600