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Resilience in Physically Abused Children: Protective Factors for Aggression
Aggression continues to be a serious problem among children, especially those children who have experienced adverse life events such as maltreatment. However, there are many maltreated children who show resilient functioning. This study investigated potential protective factors (i.e., child prosocia...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4493442/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25924113 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs5020176 |
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author | Holmes, Megan R. Yoon, Susan Voith, Laura A. Kobulsky, Julia M. Steigerwald, Stacey |
author_facet | Holmes, Megan R. Yoon, Susan Voith, Laura A. Kobulsky, Julia M. Steigerwald, Stacey |
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description | Aggression continues to be a serious problem among children, especially those children who have experienced adverse life events such as maltreatment. However, there are many maltreated children who show resilient functioning. This study investigated potential protective factors (i.e., child prosocial skills, child internalizing well-being, and caregiver well-being) that promoted positive adaptation and increased the likelihood of a child engaging in the healthy, normative range of aggressive behavior, despite experiencing physical maltreatment. Logistic regression analyses were conducted using two waves of data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW-I). Children who were physically maltreated were more likely to exhibit clinical levels of aggressive behavior at Time 1 than children who were not physically maltreated. Children’s internalizing well-being, children’s prosocial behavior, and caregivers’ well-being were associated with lower likelihood of clinical levels of aggressive behavior at Time 1. Children’s internalizing well-being and children’s prosocial behavior remained significantly associated with nonclinical aggression 18 months later. These findings highlight the role of protective factors in fostering positive and adaptive behaviors in maltreated children. Interventions focusing on preventing early aggression and reinforcing child prosocial skills, child internalizing well-being, and caregiver well-being may be promising in promoting healthy positive behavioral adjustment. |
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spelling | pubmed-44934422015-07-07 Resilience in Physically Abused Children: Protective Factors for Aggression Holmes, Megan R. Yoon, Susan Voith, Laura A. Kobulsky, Julia M. Steigerwald, Stacey Behav Sci (Basel) Article Aggression continues to be a serious problem among children, especially those children who have experienced adverse life events such as maltreatment. However, there are many maltreated children who show resilient functioning. This study investigated potential protective factors (i.e., child prosocial skills, child internalizing well-being, and caregiver well-being) that promoted positive adaptation and increased the likelihood of a child engaging in the healthy, normative range of aggressive behavior, despite experiencing physical maltreatment. Logistic regression analyses were conducted using two waves of data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW-I). Children who were physically maltreated were more likely to exhibit clinical levels of aggressive behavior at Time 1 than children who were not physically maltreated. Children’s internalizing well-being, children’s prosocial behavior, and caregivers’ well-being were associated with lower likelihood of clinical levels of aggressive behavior at Time 1. Children’s internalizing well-being and children’s prosocial behavior remained significantly associated with nonclinical aggression 18 months later. These findings highlight the role of protective factors in fostering positive and adaptive behaviors in maltreated children. Interventions focusing on preventing early aggression and reinforcing child prosocial skills, child internalizing well-being, and caregiver well-being may be promising in promoting healthy positive behavioral adjustment. MDPI 2015-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4493442/ /pubmed/25924113 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs5020176 Text en © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Holmes, Megan R. Yoon, Susan Voith, Laura A. Kobulsky, Julia M. Steigerwald, Stacey Resilience in Physically Abused Children: Protective Factors for Aggression |
title | Resilience in Physically Abused Children: Protective Factors for Aggression |
title_full | Resilience in Physically Abused Children: Protective Factors for Aggression |
title_fullStr | Resilience in Physically Abused Children: Protective Factors for Aggression |
title_full_unstemmed | Resilience in Physically Abused Children: Protective Factors for Aggression |
title_short | Resilience in Physically Abused Children: Protective Factors for Aggression |
title_sort | resilience in physically abused children: protective factors for aggression |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4493442/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25924113 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs5020176 |
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