Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma
The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Youth’s Mental Health: What is the Role of Family Resilience?
Abstract Given that many adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are family-contextual and that family processes shape youth mental health, the current study examined the role of family resilience in the relationship between ACEs and major mental health outcomes among youth aged 6–17 years. We employed the data from 2022 National Survey of Children’s Health in the United States. Structural equation modeling was estimated using the mean- and variance-adjusted weighted least squares estimator (WLSMV) given the categoric …