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People Who Need People: The Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Mental Health among College Students
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Watt, Toni; Kim, Seoyoun; Ceballos, Natalie; Norton, Christine – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: This study investigates the association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and mental health among a sample of college students. It also explores whether health behaviors and social support may help to explain the link between ACEs and mental health. Participants: Participants were students at a large public university in the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Experience, Mental Health, College Students
Responding to Adverse Childhood Experiences: Understanding the Role of Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships in Reducing Alcohol and Tobacco Related Risk Behaviors
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Srivastav, Aditi; Davis, Rachel E.; Strompolis, Melissa; Crouch, Elizabeth; Thrasher, James F.; Spencer, Mindi – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2020
Evidence shows that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are a root cause of risk behaviors. Safe, stable, and nurturing relationships (SSNRs) can potentially moderate the health risks associated with ACEs. This study examines the relationships among SSNRs in childhood, ACEs, and two risk behaviors in adulthood (smoking tobacco and binge…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Smoking, Health Behavior, Child Development
Developmental Cascade Model for Adolescent Substance Use from Infancy to Late Adolescence
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Eiden, Rina D.; Lessard, Jared; Colder, Craig R.; Livingston, Jennifer; Casey, Meghan; Leonard, Kenneth E. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
A developmental cascade model for adolescent substance use beginning in infancy was examined in a sample of children with alcoholic and nonalcoholic parents. The model examined the role of parents' alcohol diagnoses, depression and antisocial behavior in a cascading process of risk via 3 major hypothesized pathways: first, via parental…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Developmental Stages, Child Development, Adolescent Development
FAMILY CONNECTIONS: Teaching Your Children the Skills of Self-Esteem and Drug Prevention.
Schuster, Sandy; Palomares, Susanna – 1991
Written for parents, this workbook provides easy-to-read information about tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs, along with step-by-step instructions for activities that promote family interaction. The first part of the book contains general information for parents about developing the kind of family bonding and harmony that lead to enhanced…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Child Development, Children
Early Exposure to Toxic Substances Damages Brain Architecture. Working Paper #4
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National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, 2006
New science shows that exposure to toxins prenatally or early in life can have a devastating and lifelong effect on the developing architecture of the brain. Exposures to many chemicals have much more severe consequences for embryos, fetuses, and young children, whose brains are still developing, than for adults. Substances that can have a truly…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Brain, Misconceptions, Poisoning
Young Children: Priority One. A Project Kit for Kiwanis Clubs--Addressing the Needs of Children, Prenatal through Age Five.
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Rice, C.; And Others – 1993
This Kiwanis Club project kit contains ideas and instructions for implementing programs that meet local needs in the areas of maternal and infant health, child care and development, parenting, and safety and pediatric trauma. The kit begins with an overview that explains how to assess need and how to plan, implement, and evaluate a project. Tip…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Beginning Reading, Child Abuse, Child Development