Parental discord and parental depression show the strongest individual-ACE associations with internalizing behavior¶
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q3 i? Parental discord (β= 0.125) and parental depression (β= 0.113) were the individual ACEs most strongly associated with internalizing problems by age 3, with trajectories increasing over time for parental depression. → Leonardo Bevilacqua 2021
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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, internalizing N= 8,571) tested eight ACEs against internalizing trajectories. The article states "The most marked associations for internalizing problems were observed for children who had parents with parental discord and who had a depressed parent between 9 months and 3 years compared to those who did not".
"Parental discord and parental depression showed the strongest asso- ciations with internalizing problems (β= 0.125 and β= 0.113)"
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Parental discord and parental depression show the strongest individual-ACE associations with internalizing behavior |
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Parental discord and parental depression show the strongest individual-ACE associations with internalizing behavior |
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