Research on Childhood Adversity and Youth Resilience: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives (Volume II)
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Pediatric Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 September 2023) | Viewed by 1740
Special Issue Editors
Interests: adolescent development; health behaviors; gene–environment Interaction; youth resilience; childhood adversity; social and behavioral medicine; developmental psychology; obesity; children’s growth and nutrition
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Interests: internet addiction; cyberbullying; online safety; cybercrime; child abuse and neglect; parenting; cultural value and practice; bullying; victimization; violence against women and children; mental health and behavioral problems of children and youth; quantitative research methods; longitudinal data analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Various forms of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs, e.g., disrupted family function, household financial strains, bullying victimization, maltreatment, and trauma) may have a negative impact on the physical health, mental wellbeing, and behavioral and social development of children and adolescents. However, individuals’ characteristics along with social resources and protective factors can help develop resilience and the ability to thrive, despite exposure to ACEs. Potential protective factors may include children’s biological or developmental characteristics, as well as characteristics related to their family, school/peers, community, culture, and system, acting as buffers against the negative impacts of ACEs on children’s psychosocial wellbeing. Understanding the mechanistic interplay between types, timing, duration, and severity of ACEs, embodied within individual differences in genetic makeup, sociocultural backgrounds, and physiological conditions, may inform factors related to psychological resilience against negative outcomes. This Special Issue aims to highlight the importance of recognizing ACEs and traumatic events and their impacts as intervention targets in order to help children develop resilience and thrive despite ACEs. Thus, we would like to invite comprehensive reviews, original articles, and case reports with a particular focus on ACEs and youth resilience from a medical, nutritional, psychological, psychiatric, or social perspective.
Considering the success and popularity of the Special Issue “Research on Childhood Adversity and Youth Resilience: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives” previously published in the journal Children (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/special_issues/Childhood_Adversity_Youth_Resilience), we are now releasing a second issue which aims to collect and share the most recent research advancements in adverse childhood experiences. In this Special Issue of Children, senior investigators are welcome to invite mentees and colleagues to co-author submissions under their supervision. We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Meng-Che Tsai
Dr. Yi-Ping Hsieh
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- adverse childhood experience
- traumatic events
- maltreatment
- bullying
- psychological wellbeing
- behavior problems
- child social development
- resilience
- intervention
- protective factors
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