Impact of Community Violence on Parenting Behaviors and Children’s Outcomes

Al’Uqdah, Shareefah N.; Grant, Sycarah; Malone, Celeste M.; McGee, Tyne; Toldson, Ivory A.

doi:10.7709/jnegroeducation.84.3.0428

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“…ACEs include adversity within the family context, such as exposure to child maltreatment or living with a caregiver who has substance use issues (Felitti et al, 1998), or community-level ACEs such as neighborhood violence (Cronholm et al, 2015;Wade et al, 2016). ACEs have been found to be negatively correlated with parenting skills and resilience (LaBrenz et al, 2020) and can impact parents' psychological functioning and children's social emotional competence (Al'Uqdah et al, 2015). In fact, community-level ACEs have also been conceptualized as social determinants of health and include factors such as exposure to neighborhood violence, poverty, and discrimination (Gustafsson et al, 2014).…”

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Maternal Adverse Childhood Experience Exposure and Resilience During COVID-19

LaBrenz

Baiden

Findley

et al. 2021

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Service

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Since March 2020, families across the United States have faced challenges due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its subsequent restrictions. Although some experts have voiced concern over the impact of COVID-19 on family well-being, few studies have been conducted thus far. This study utilized n = 250 responses from an online survey that was administered between May and June 2020 to gauge family stress and resilience among mothers of children ages 0 to 5 during the pandemic. Adverse childhood experiences were negatively associated with parental resilience among this sample. Furthermore, frequency of child care was positively linked to protective factors and resilience. Implications for practice, policy, and research are discussed, with a particular focus on the role of child care and school openings during the pandemic.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Maternal Adverse Childhood Experience Exposure and Resilience During COVID-19

LaBrenz

Baiden

Findley

et al. 2021

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Service

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“…Food insecurity, or the lack of access to adequate nutritious food for a healthy life due to lack of money or other resources, affected 4.6 million United States (US) households with children in 2021 7. Both community violence exposure and food insecurity are associated with negative emotional/behavioral and health outcomes for adults and children 8–20…”

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Lower Perceived Neighborhood Collective Efficacy Indirectly Influences the Association Between Perceived Maternal Exposure to Community Violence and Household Food Insecurity

Daundasekara,

Marshall,

Schuler

et al. 2024

Family &Amp; Community Health

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Background and Objectives: Individuals of color and of low socioeconomic status are at greater risk of experiencing community violence and food insecurity, which are both influenced by neighborhood conditions. We evaluated neighborhood collective efficacy as a linkage between community violence exposure and household food insecurity. Methods: Mothers from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study who completed phone surveys when the child was 3 (time 1, T1) and 5 years old (time 2, T2) were included (n = 2068). A covariate-adjusted structural equation model estimated direct and indirect effects of community violence exposure on household food insecurity. A covariate-adjusted multiple mediator model estimated the indirect effects of the 2 neighborhood collective efficacy subscales (informal social control; social cohesion and trust). Results: At T1, 40% of mothers reported community violence exposure; 15% experienced food insecurity at T2. Mean neighborhood collective efficacy (range 1-5) at T1 was 2.44 (SD = 0.94). Neighborhood collective efficacy indirectly influenced the association between community violence exposure and food insecurity (indirect effect = 0.022, 95% CI = 0.007 to 0.040). Only social cohesion and trust contributed independent variance to the indirect effect model (indirect effect = 0.028, 95% CI = 0.001 to 0.056). Conclusions: Community-based efforts to reduce household food insecurity should emphasize building social cohesion and trust in communities experiencing violence.

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