Association between psychosocial stressors with emotional and behavioral problems among children of low-income addicted families living in Brazil

Vilela, Thaís dos Reis; Rocha, Marina Monzani da; Figlie, Neliana Buzi; Mari, Jair de Jesus

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.03.005

Cited by 5 publications

(5 citation statements)

References 29 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The findings of this study summarize efforts to give voice to a population that is extremely vulnerable to multiple risk factors during their development, including substance use in the family, poverty, and all associated psychosocial stress factors, as found in this study and in another study recently published with a sample of Brazilian children aged 6-11 years 42 .…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 72%

Domestic violence and risk of internalizing and externalizing problems in adolescents living with relatives displaying substance use disorders

Vilela

Rocha

Figlie

et al. 2020

J. bras. psiquiatr.

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective To investigate the association between exposure to domestic violence and increased risk of internalizing and externalizing problems and substance use among adolescents living with relatives with substance use disorder (SUD) at a low-income community of São Paulo, Brazil. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted with 102 adolescents aged 12-17 years (M = 14.2, SD = 1.7) who were living with relatives suffering from SUD. Outcomes were measured using the Youth Self-Report (YSR), psychosocial stress factors questionnaire, Drug Use Screening Inventory (DUSI) and Phrase Inventory of Intrafamily Child Abuse (PIICA). Results The sample presented high prevalence of emotional/behavioral problems with YSR’s scores in the clinical range for Internalizing Problems (24.5%), Externalizing Problems (21.6%), and Total Problems (26.5%). The presence of mental health problems predicted substance use (PR = 2.22; 95% CI = 1.2-4.13), and substance use predicted increased risk of mental health problems. Alcohol use predicted more than double the risk of emotional/behavioral problems (PR = 2.01; 95% CI = 1.08-3.76), while illicit drug use was associated with an almost threefold increase in the prevalence of Internalizing (PR = 2.87; 95% CI = 1.19-6.89) and Externalizing Problems (PR = 3.3; 95% CI = 1.35-8.04). Conclusion Adolescents of relatives with SUD are at risk of developing emotional and behavioral problems. These findings reinforce the need to develop public mental health policies, which include protective interventions to adolescents living in families affected by substance use disorders.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 72%

Domestic violence and risk of internalizing and externalizing problems in adolescents living with relatives displaying substance use disorders

Vilela

Rocha

Figlie

et al. 2020

J. bras. psiquiatr.

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Opportunities for engaging in risky behaviors tend to increase in emerging adulthood (Arnett, 2000), but adolescent mothers are also navigating parenthood during this time. Existing research on caregivers’ risky behaviors has tended to focus on substance use (Knudsen et al, 2015; Vilela et al, 2019), and limited work has included adolescent mothers. Our findings add to the existing literature by focusing on families in which an adolescent pregnancy has occurred and indicate that not only do mothers’ risky behaviors overall (beyond just substance use) negatively inform children’s internalizing behaviors, but also that mothers’ cultural socialization may potentially buffer this risk pathway.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While there is limited work with families in which an adolescent pregnancy has occurred, studies with adult caregivers show that maternal alcohol use was associated with toddlers’ greater internalizing behavior problems (Knudsen et al, 2015), and that exposure to parents with substance use was associated with an increase in internalizing behaviors among 6–11-year-old children (Vilela et al, 2019). In contrast, findings from Husky et al (2017) found that maternal drinking was not associated with mental health problems among children 8 years old or younger.…”

Section: Sociocultural Risk and Internalizing Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Children’s ethnic–racial identity and mothers’ cultural socialization as protective in relations between sociocultural risk factors and children’s internalizing behaviors.

Williams,

Bell,

DeLaney

et al. 2023

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objectives: The present study examined whether sociocultural risk factors (i.e., mothers' risky behaviors, mothers' and grandmothers' ethnic discrimination, and family economic hardship) predicted children's internalizing behaviors. We also tested whether sociocultural protective factors, including children's positive ethnic-racial identity (ERI) attitudes and mothers' cultural socialization, moderated relations. Method: Participants were 182 5-year-old Mexican-origin children, their mothers, and grandmothers. Results: Findings indicated that children's positive ERI attitudes were protective, such that grandmothers' discrimination predicted children's greater internalizing at low levels of children's positive ERI attitudes, but this relation was not significant at high levels of children's positive ERI attitudes. Mothers' cultural socialization was also protective, such that mothers' risky behaviors predicted children's greater internalizing at low levels of mothers' cultural socialization, but this relation was not significant at high levels of mothers' cultural socialization. Economic hardship predicted children's greater internalizing and no variables moderated this relation. Conclusions: Findings highlight that mothers' engagement in risky behaviors, grandmothers' ethnic discrimination experiences, and family economic hardship contribute to children's greater internalizing behaviors. However, in some of these relations, children's positive ERI attitudes and mothers' cultural socialization are protective. In future research and programming, a consideration of the role of individual, family, and cultural factors will be important for addressing and reducing children's internalizing behaviors. Public Significance StatementMothers' risky behaviors, grandmothers' discrimination, and family economic hardship were associated with children's mental health. However, children's positive views toward their ethnicity/race and their mothers' efforts to teach them about their culture may protect against the effects of risk factors on children's mental health.

show abstract

“…In modern life, electronic devices have become indispensable, with televisions, mobile phones, computers, and other screen media being prevalent in every household. In particular, portable mobile devices like smartphones and tablets have significantly increased the opportunities for infants and young children to interact with screens [ 6 , 7 ]. Children’s exposure to screens is now increasingly common and continues to trend towards younger ages [ 8 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The relationships between screen exposure, parent-child interactions and comprehension in 8-month-old infants: The mediating role of shared viewing and parent-child conversation

Tu,

Shen,

Luo

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective To explore the relationships between screen exposure, parent-child interactions and comprehension in 8-month-old infants, and to examine whether shared viewing and parent-child conversation during screen exposure may play mediating role in that relationships. Methods The sample included 437 infants aged 8 months from the Children’s Health Department of Guiyang Maternal and Child Health Hospital during January 2022 to February 2023. The use of electronic screen devices was assessed using a screen exposure questionnaire. The Brigance Parent-child interactions Scale was used to assess parent-child interactions and the Putonghua Communicative Development Inventory (PCDI) scale was used to assess infants’ word comprehension. Results 48.7% of infants were found to be using screens 1–2 days per week. There was a significant difference (p < 0.05) in the PCDI-comprehension scores of screen-exposed infants compared to non-screen-exposed infants. Shared viewing and parent-child conversation during screen exposure were positively associated with parent-child interactions (p < 0.05). Mediation analysis revealed that parent-child conversation fully mediated between screen exposure and PCDI-comprehension, but partially mediated between parent-child interactions and PCDI-comprehension. Conclusions Shared viewing and parent-child conversation during screen exposure may mediate between screen exposure and comprehension development. Shared viewing, parent-child conversation and parent-child interactions may be protective factors for screen exposure in comprehension development. Suggests that parents should accompany and communicate with their children when they use electronic screen devices to reduce the negative impact of screen exposure on children’s comprehension.

show abstract

Association between psychosocial stressors with emotional and behavioral problems among children of low-income addicted families living in Brazil

Cited by 5 publications

References 29 publications

Domestic violence and risk of internalizing and externalizing problems in adolescents living with relatives displaying substance use disorders

Domestic violence and risk of internalizing and externalizing problems in adolescents living with relatives displaying substance use disorders

Children’s ethnic–racial identity and mothers’ cultural socialization as protective in relations between sociocultural risk factors and children’s internalizing behaviors.

The relationships between screen exposure, parent-child interactions and comprehension in 8-month-old infants: The mediating role of shared viewing and parent-child conversation

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About