-Compared with children with no adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), prevalence of emotional, mental, or behavioral conditions (EMB) is 1.65 to 4.46 times higher across ACEs levels.
-Those without resilience and multiple ACEs have nearly 11 times greater adjusted odds of having an EMB compared with children with resilience and no ACEs.
- With resilience, children with EMB and multiple ACEs have 1.85 times higher rates of school engagement and are 1.32 times less likely to miss 2 or more school weeks.
-Resilience is nearly 2 times greater among children with EMB and multiple ACEs when their parents report less parenting stress and more engagement in their child’s life.
-Attenuating effects of child resilience, parental stress management, and engagement suggest promotion of these protective factors. Mindfulness-based, mind–body methods hold
promise for doing so.
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Resilience and Mindfulness-Based Approaches
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Bethell, C., Gombojav, N., Solloway, M., & Wissow, L. (2016). Adverse childhood experiences, resilience and mindfulness-based approaches: Common denominator issues for children with emotional, mental, or behavioral problems. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 25(2), 139–156. doi:10.1016/j.chc.2015.12.001