Harsh parenting and physical punishment show the strongest individual-ACE associations with externalizing behavior¶

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q3 i? Harsh parenting (β= 0.270) and physical punishment (β= 0.256) were the individual ACEs most strongly associated with externalizing problems, and both were negatively associated with prosocial behaviors (β=-0.046 and β=-0.058). → Leonardo Bevilacqua 2021

Evidence¶

Leonardo Bevilacqua 2021¶

Leonardo Bevilacqua, Yvonne Kelly, Anja Heilmann, Naomi Priest, Rebecca E. Lacey. (2021). Adverse childhood experiences and trajectories of internalizing, externalizing, and prosocial behaviors from childhood to adolescence. Child Abuse & Neglect 112 (2021) 104890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104890

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Adjusted linear mixed effects models on individual ACEs (Table 3, externalizing N= 8,823) tested each of eight ACEs against externalizing and prosocial trajectories. The article states "The most marked differences for what concerns externalizing problems were observed between those children who experienced harsh parenting and physical punishment by age 3 years compared to those who did not".

"Harsh parenting and physical punishment were particularly strongly associated with externalizing (β= 0.270 and β= 0.256) and negatively associated with prosocial behaviors (β=-0.046 and β=-0.058)"

Discussion¶

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