Dr. Liliana Lengua discusses the critical role parents play in raising resilient children, particularly in families facing limited income and poverty.
Raising Resilient Children
Focus Area: Addressing Adversity & Inequity
Life course pathways from adverse childhood experiences to adult physical health: A structural equation model
In this study, Dr. Paula Nurius, CCFW Academic Partner, and colleagues address the relevance of early life adversity for adult health with several features that extend research to date.
Measurement invariance testing of a three-factor model of parental warmth, psychological control, and knowledge across European American and Asian/Pacific Islander American youth
Dr. Kevin King and colleagues used a multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis to examine whether the latent structure of parenting measures are equivalent or different across European and Asian/Pacific Islander American youth.
Bioecological Model of the Effects of Economic Disadvantage and Adversity on Children’s Developmental Outcomes
In this guest presentation at the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Liliana Lengua discusses how adversity impacts child development.
Cultural orientation trajectories and substance use: Findings from a longitudinal study of Mexican-origin youth
Dr. Kevin King collaborated with Dr. Rick A. Cruz, Utah State University, and other colleagues to use longitudinal data to examine whether cultural adaptation patterns were associated with differential substance use risk.
Stress pathways to health disparities: Embedding ACEs within social and behavioral contexts
In this study, CCFW Academic Partner Dr. Paula Nurius and colleagues addresses whether adverse childhood experiences demonstrate disproportional prevalence across demographic- and health-affecting characteristics…