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August 29, 2026Journal of Child & Adolescent TraumaOpen Access

The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Youth’s Mental Health: What is the Role of Family Resilience?

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JSJusuk SongHYHyuncheol YoonMWMihee Woo

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Cross-sectional analysis reveals family resilience mediates adverse childhood experiences and mental health in youth, highlighting the need for family-oriented interventions.

Key Points

  • To evaluate the role of family resilience in mediating the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and major mental health outcomes among youth aged 6–17 years.
  • Analyzed cross-sectional data from the 2022 National Survey of Children’s Health in the United States covering youth aged 6–17 years.
  • Conducted structural equation modeling using the mean- and variance-adjusted weighted least squares (WLSMV) estimator to account for categorical survey variables.
  • Direct structural paths confirmed that adverse childhood experiences significantly increased mental health problems (β = 0.50, p < .001) and decreased family resilience (β = −0.19, p < .001).
  • Family resilience was associated with improved mental health outcomes (β = −0.11, p < .001) and demonstrated a significant indirect mediating effect between adverse experiences and mental health (β = 0.02, p < .001).

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Song et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a92991a8e5d7d1fc0c10d9ahttps://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-026-00966-4
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