Publications by authors named "S M Vasilenko"
Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) profoundly disrupt preschoolers' attentional regulation development. Different patterns of ACEs may be associated with different attentional regulation outcomes.
Objective: Drawing from developmental systems theory and attachment theory, this study aimed to identify distinct patterns of early ACEs at age three and examined the associations of these patterns with preschoolers' attentional regulation at age five.
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- The study used a time-varying effect model to analyze how self-esteem affects the relationship between parental closeness and children's sexual behaviors during adolescence and early adulthood.
- Paternal closeness consistently reduced risky sexual behaviors in both genders until age 20, while maternal closeness only influenced female adolescents between the ages of 13 and 15.
- Self-esteem played a key role in the relationship between maternal closeness and male adolescents' likelihood of having multiple sexual partners during ages 14.5 to 16.5.
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- This study investigates how different patterns of early adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) impact the likelihood of early sexual initiation in adolescents.
- Using data from 3,185 participants, the researchers identified four distinct groups based on ACEs: low adversity, socioeconomic adversity, family dysfunction, and abuse.
- Results indicated that adolescents in the family dysfunction group were less likely to engage in early sexual intercourse compared to those in socioeconomic adversity and abuse groups, highlighting the importance of tailored interventions based on specific ACE patterns.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) studies reveal the profound impacts of experiencing trauma and hardships in childhood. However, the cumulative risk approach of treating ACEs obscures the heterogeneity of ACEs and their consequences, making actionable interventions impossible. latent class analysis (LCA) has increasingly been used to address these concerns by identifying underlying subgroups of people who experience distinctive patterns of co-occurring ACEs.
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