{"title":"A Latent Class Analysis of the Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization in Northeast Iran","authors":"Ehsan Khorasani, Chelsea Spencer","doi":"10.1007/s42844-024-00158-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42844-024-00158-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Previous studies have documented the association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization. However, there is a lack of research on the connection between ACEs and IPV victimization among international populations. The present study examines the connection between ACEs, IPV victimization, and negotiation among a sample in Iran through latent class analysis. The participants were 301 women living in Northern Iran. Data was performed with Latent Class Analysis through Mplus 8. The results of the present study identified three classes related to ACE experiences: the high adverse experiences class, the household dysfunction class, and the less adverse experiences class. The high adverse class and household dysfunction class both experienced all forms of IPV. However, the household dysfunction class had an insignificant connection with injury victimization and is positively associated with more negotiation skills in a conflict situation. The less adverse class showed an insignificant association with all forms of IPV victimization, except psychological aggression victimization. The present study results shed light on a path to future research to examine the factors that can reinforce or limit the association between ACEs and IPV victimization in Iranian women.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72113,"journal":{"name":"Adversity and resilience science","volume":"6 2","pages":"167 - 178"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145144233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael M. Criss, Jennifer D. Weston, Amy L. McGehee, Kristen M. Murray, Jennifer Byrd-Craven
{"title":"Links Between Racial Discrimination and College Student Mental and Physical Health: Examination of Parent-Youth Relationships as Protective Factors","authors":"Michael M. Criss, Jennifer D. Weston, Amy L. McGehee, Kristen M. Murray, Jennifer Byrd-Craven","doi":"10.1007/s42844-024-00156-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42844-024-00156-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The purpose of this investigation was to examine the associations between racial discrimination and college student mental and physical health outcomes. Also, relationships with parents and ethnicity were analyzed as moderators. The sample consisted of 869 college students (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 19.55; 57.8% female; 63.4% single; 75.9% European American, 24.1% ethnic minorities; <i>Mdn</i> yearly income = $4,100) from a conservative U.S. state. Racial discrimination, parent-youth relations, mental health, and physical health were assessed using anonymous, online surveys. Findings indicated that racial discrimination was significantly and positively related to internalizing symptoms, health problems, and risky behavior. Although ethnic minorities reported significantly higher mean levels of discrimination, the associations between perceived racial discrimination and risky behavior and health problems were stronger among European Americans. Findings also showed that links between racial discrimination and mental and physical health were attenuated among ethnic minorities reporting high levels of relationship quality and low levels of co-rumination. In contrast, these associations were magnified among European Americans reporting high levels of relationship quality and low levels of co-rumination. The findings suggest that the ameliorative benefits of supportive family relationships among youth experiencing racism in the community may vary by ethnicity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72113,"journal":{"name":"Adversity and resilience science","volume":"6 3","pages":"261 - 274"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145223749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Grace W. K. Ho, Doris Y. L. Leung, Athena C. Y. Chan, Daniel T. Bressington, Thanos Karatzias
{"title":"How Do You Become Resilient? A Critical Realist Explanation of the Youth Resilience Process","authors":"Grace W. K. Ho, Doris Y. L. Leung, Athena C. Y. Chan, Daniel T. Bressington, Thanos Karatzias","doi":"10.1007/s42844-024-00154-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42844-024-00154-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Adversities serve as risks, but also opportunities to acquire capacities to adjust positively in future stressors. There is now considerable agreement that resilience should be viewed as a process. However, a key question remains: Why do some individuals exhibit resilience while others do not? The present study aimed to provide a detailed description of the youth resilience process and theorized on the specific mechanisms that support positive adjustment following adversities in early life. In-depth interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 34 young adults with adverse childhood experiences; analysis followed a paradigm of critical realism. Results were organized in three levels of realist ontology to provide hierarchical and substantive support of findings and theorizations. We propose the Youth Resilience Process Model (Y-RPM), which integrates and builds on existing theories and concepts to explain the mechanisms and different pathways of internal processes that foster resilience among youths.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72113,"journal":{"name":"Adversity and resilience science","volume":"6 2","pages":"105 - 121"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42844-024-00154-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145144248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience: Racial Differences and Coping Style as a Mediator","authors":"Madisen Hillebrant-Openshaw, Maria Wong","doi":"10.1007/s42844-024-00153-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42844-024-00153-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Individuals with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are at risk for many negative outcomes such as poor mental and physical health. Previous research suggests that coping styles may explain the relationship between ACEs and these outcomes. Further, Black and White individuals have been shown to cope with stressful events differently. However, we do not fully understand if ACEs differentially predict the use of certain coping styles in these two racial groups, or if certain coping styles can explain why individuals of each racial group are less resilient. The current study aimed to expand the field’s knowledge of the mediating role of coping styles on the relationship between ACEs and resilience. Additionally, we examined whether there are racial differences in the relationships within these mediation models. 548 Black and White participants were recruited for an online short-term longitudinal study via Mechanical Turk. Participants filled out questionnaires measuring ACEs, coping styles, and resilience at two time points, 3 months apart. Avoidant and vigilant coping mediated the relationship between ACEs and resilience such that greater ACEs increased the likelihood of avoidant and vigilant coping, which reduced resilience. Further, White individuals had greater increases in avoidant and vigilant coping with each additional ACE compared to Black individuals, and White participants had a greater reduction in resilience with increases in vigilant coping compared to Black participants. The implications of these findings on prevention and intervention programs for individuals with ACEs are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":72113,"journal":{"name":"Adversity and resilience science","volume":"6 3","pages":"221 - 234"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42844-024-00153-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145223751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Agustín Freiberg-Hoffmann, Agustín Romero-Medina, Carlos Vigh, Javier Sánchez-Rosas, Mercedes Fernández-Liporace
{"title":"Psychometric Features of the Academic Resilience Scale-Short Version (ARS-SV): A Bifactor Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling Study","authors":"Agustín Freiberg-Hoffmann, Agustín Romero-Medina, Carlos Vigh, Javier Sánchez-Rosas, Mercedes Fernández-Liporace","doi":"10.1007/s42844-024-00150-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42844-024-00150-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Academic resilience is the ability to achieve successful results in educational challenges. Since it accurately predicts academic achievement and retention in undergraduates, measuring it is essential. The study is aimed at developing a short version of the Academic Resilience Scale (ARS) as well as testing the bifactor model, posed in prior research as an alternative to first-order structures. Items were altered to become linguistically suitable for the target population and examined in terms of content. An exploratory factor analysis (300 undergraduates) retained 12 out of the 30 items—four per dimension—considering their content and metric features. Confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structural equation modeling analysis tested and compared different models in 805 undergraduates. As a result, the bifactor ESEM model including three independent dimensions and a global dimension was selected due to its better fit. The short scale enables a valid, reliable, and fast assessment of academic resilience in undergraduates.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72113,"journal":{"name":"Adversity and resilience science","volume":"6 1","pages":"85 - 94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143481062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interconnected Protective Factors and Adversities: Adaptation and Resilience in Refugees During Intensified Containment and COVID-19 in Lesbos, Greece","authors":"Priya Nair, Lou Safra","doi":"10.1007/s42844-024-00149-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42844-024-00149-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Combining frameworks from both migration studies and psychology, this study examines the factors that have contributed to refugees’ resilience amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Lesbos, Greece. Twenty-three in-depth interviews were conducted with refugees and international humanitarian actors and subsequently analyzed using inductive and deductive thematic analysis. Ten key protective factors are presented, operating at the individual, interpersonal, and community levels. These factors encompass behavioral and cognitive factors at the individual level, as well as social support and community resources such as self-organization, self-advocacy, and organizational support. Our analysis, informed by a multisystemic framework of resilience, revealed that these factors are fundamentally interconnected and shaped by the institutional macrosystem. The broader social, political, and built environment plays a critical role, either facilitating or impeding resilience, sometimes resulting in protective factors causing harm. This paper offers insights into how intensified containment affects access to resilience-enhancing resources.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72113,"journal":{"name":"Adversity and resilience science","volume":"6 1","pages":"45 - 60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143481228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samantha R. Scott, Christopher S. Rozek, Grayden R. Wolfe, Kathryn R. Fox, Jenalee R. Doom
{"title":"Finding Silver Linings: Benefit-Finding, Stress, and Depressive Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Samantha R. Scott, Christopher S. Rozek, Grayden R. Wolfe, Kathryn R. Fox, Jenalee R. Doom","doi":"10.1007/s42844-024-00147-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42844-024-00147-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns led to high psychological stress for many adolescents and young adults, which may have contributed to increased depressive symptoms. We aimed to determine if benefit-finding, a cognitive-based coping strategy, was associated with lower depressive symptoms early in the pandemic, and if associations between different types of stress and depressive symptoms depended on the level of benefit-finding that high school and university students reported using. Hypotheses were tested using online survey data in May 2020 during stay-at-home restrictions. The high school sample (<i>N</i> = 651; <i>M</i> = 16.2 years) included students from three US urban high schools, and the university sample (<i>N</i> = 437; <i>M</i> = 26.6 years) included undergraduate and graduate students at a mid-size private urban university. Participants self-reported COVID-19-specific psychological and financial stress, benefit-finding, and depressive symptoms. In both samples, higher psychological stress, higher financial stress, and lower benefit-finding were associated with higher depressive symptoms. In the university sample only, those reporting high benefit-finding showed lower psychological stress and depressive symptoms. Benefit-finding did not moderate associations between financial stress and depressive symptoms in either sample. Benefit-finding was associated with lower depressive symptoms generally, suggesting a potential benefit for this strategy regardless of stress level for high school and university students. Benefit-finding may have helped buffer the association between high levels of psychological stress related to the pandemic and depressive symptoms, but only for university students. Finally, benefit-finding appeared less beneficial for buffering against high depressive symptoms in the context of high financial stress in both samples.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72113,"journal":{"name":"Adversity and resilience science","volume":"6 1","pages":"95 - 103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141645298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychological Resilience Mediates the Relationship Between BCE’s and Life Satisfaction: Examining Turkish Students","authors":"Melih Sever, Oktay Tatlıcıoğlu","doi":"10.1007/s42844-024-00146-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42844-024-00146-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Research indicates that when examining later adulthood well-being, it is essential to consider not only the absence of adverse childhood experiences but also the presence of positive ones. This research aims to examine the relationship between benevolent childhood experiences (BCEs), psychological resilience, and life satisfaction in young adults. We collected data from 446 participants from 21 universities across Turkey via online forms. Participants self-reported their BCEs, life satisfaction, and psychological resilience. Structural equation modeling is used to test the study hypotheses. Results indicate that resilience plays a mediating role in the relationship between BCEs and life satisfaction (indirect effect = .011, 95% CI [.0039, .0210]). Considering the findings, we recommend assessing BCEs and psychological resilience along with adverse childhood experiences to monitor later adulthood well-being in students.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72113,"journal":{"name":"Adversity and resilience science","volume":"5 4","pages":"411 - 417"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141658238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrew Wooyoung Kim, Someleze Swana, Mallika S. Sarma
{"title":"Evaluating the Buffering Role of Perceived Social Support and Coping Resources Against the Adult Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 Psychosocial Stress: A Cross-Sectional Study in South Africa","authors":"Andrew Wooyoung Kim, Someleze Swana, Mallika S. Sarma","doi":"10.1007/s42844-024-00141-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42844-024-00141-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Growing evidence has highlighted the global mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, particularly in societies with pre-existing socioeconomic adversities and public health concerns. Despite the sudden and prolonged nature of many psychosocial stressors during the pandemic, recent studies have shown that communities utilized several coping mechanisms to buffer the mental health consequences of COVID-related stress. This paper examines the extent to which coping resources and social support buffered against the mental health effects of COVID-19 psychosocial stress among adults in South Africa. Adult participants (<i>n</i> = 117) completed an online survey during the second and third waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa (January–July 2021), which assessed experiences of stress, coping resources, social support, and four mental health outcomes: depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and bipolar disorder. Moderation analyses examined the potential buffering role of coping resources and social support against the mental health effects of COVID-19 stress. Adults reported elevated rates of psychiatric symptoms. Coping resources buffered against the poor mental health effects of COVID-19 psychosocial stress, whereas perceived social support did not significantly moderate the association between COVID-19 stress and adult mental health. These results suggest that adults in our sample utilized a variety of coping resources to protect their mental health against psychosocial stress experienced during the COVID-19 lockdown and pandemic in South Africa. Additionally, existing mental health conditions and strained social relationships may have attenuated the potential stress-buffering effect of perceived social support on adult mental health.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72113,"journal":{"name":"Adversity and resilience science","volume":"6 1","pages":"33 - 44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42844-024-00141-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143481246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tosin Yinka Akintunde, Adekunle Adedeji, Johanna Buchcik, Stanley Oloji Isangha, Sunday Philip Agbede, Nkechi Angela Chukwuemeka
{"title":"Intersection of Adverse Childhood Experiences, Subjective Well-Being and Social Anxiety among Sojourners in China","authors":"Tosin Yinka Akintunde, Adekunle Adedeji, Johanna Buchcik, Stanley Oloji Isangha, Sunday Philip Agbede, Nkechi Angela Chukwuemeka","doi":"10.1007/s42844-024-00144-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42844-024-00144-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Growing evidence suggests that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) significantly threaten sojourners' well-being, depriving them of adaptive strategies to mitigate the negative influences. However, research examining social dysfunctions, such as social anxiety resulting from compromised well-being due to ACEs, remains limited. This study investigate how subjective well-being may mediate the relationship between ACEs and social anxiety among diverse groups of sojourners in China. Utilizing structural equation modeling, this study analyzed data from 470 sojourners in China to assess the direct effects of ACEs on social anxiety and whether subjective well-being mediates this relationship.The findings revealed that ACEs were not directly associated with social anxiety (β = 0.101, <i>p</i> = 0.089). However, ACEs were found to negatively impact subjective well-being (β = -0.483, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Additionally, subjective well-being was negatively associated with social anxiety (β = -0.268, <i>p</i> < 0.001), indicating that higher levels of subjective well-being correspond to lower levels of social anxiety. The study identified a full mediation effect, demonstrating that when ACEs diminish sojourners' subjective well-being, social anxiety tends to increase (β = 0.129, SE = 0.038, CI = [0.072, 0.198], <i>p</i> < 0.01), confirming the enervating effects of ACEs on social anxiety regardless of subjective well-being. No significant gender disparities were observed in the interrelationships among ACEs, subjective well-being, and social anxiety. Outcomes varied among students, expatriates, and business owners based on the model. Support and interventions should consider ACEs as risk factors for low subjective well-being, which can lead to social dysfunctions such as social anxiety. Addressing these factors is crucial for improving the overall well-being of sojourners.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72113,"journal":{"name":"Adversity and resilience science","volume":"6 1","pages":"73 - 84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141669341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}