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August 22, 2025Open Access

Intergenerational Effects of Adversity on Adolescent Self-Efficacy: The Role of Parental Self-Regulation

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Analysis reveals that parental adverse childhood experiences lower self-efficacy in adolescents, suggesting self-regulation’s crucial role.

Lower adolescent self-efficacy is linked to higher parental adverse childhood experiences, indicating a direct impact.
Findings show that adolescent self-efficacy at age 14–15 years is influenced by parental self-regulation measured earlier.
Mediation analysis indicates that parental self-efficacy mediates the relationship between parental ACEs and adolescent outcomes.
Self-regulation emerges as a promising target for interventions to break cycles of adversity across generations.

Chainey et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Analysis reveals that parental adverse childhood experiences lower self-efficacy in adolescents, suggesting self-regulation’s crucial role.