Profiles of Resilience among Children Exposed to Non-Maltreatment Adverse Childhood Experiences

Susan Yoon, Nathan Helsabeck, Xiafei Wang, Jessica Logan, Fei Pei, Sherry Hamby and Natasha Slesnick
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Susan Yoon: College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Nathan Helsabeck: Quantitative Research, Evaluation and Measurement, College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Xiafei Wang: School of Social Work, Falk College, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
Jessica Logan: Quantitative Research, Evaluation and Measurement, College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Fei Pei: School of Social Work, Falk College, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
Sherry Hamby: Department of Psychology, The University of the South, Sewanee, TN 37383, USA
Natasha Slesnick: Department of Human Sciences, College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 20, 1-18

Abstract: Considering the high prevalence and negative consequences of non-maltreatment adverse childhood experiences (NM-ACEs), it is critical to understand their impacts on the resilient functioning of young children. This study sought to examine heterogeneity in resilience among first-grade children who were exposed to NM-ACEs during kindergarten and explore demographic and adversity characteristics that distinguish between resilience profiles. Latent profile analysis (LPA) was conducted on 4929 children drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study—Kindergarten (ECLS-K). The results of the LPA revealed four distinct resilience profiles: (1) low cognitive and executive functioning (4%); (2) low social and behavioral functioning (14%); (3) low average functioning (31%); and (4) multi-domain resilience (51%). Female children and those in families characterized by older maternal age, higher parental education level, household income above 200% federal poverty level, not receiving welfare benefits, and races other than Black were more likely to be in the multi-domain resilience profile. The findings highlight heterogeneity in resilience among children exposed to NM-ACEs and point to the need for a comprehensive, multi-domain assessment of child functioning to support optimal resilience development in this population.

Keywords: resilience; adverse childhood experiences (ACEs); kindergarten; children; latent profile analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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