Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Young Adult Latino Children's Mental Health.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Maternal adverse childhood experiences have been linked to a variety of negative health outcomes in young children; however, young adults and, specifically, young adult Latinos have been vastly understudied. This study investigates the intergenerational pathway between maternal adverse childhood experiences and behavioral health outcomes of their young adult children, as mediated through young adults' own adverse childhood experiences and maternal depression.

Methods

Structural equation modeling was used to analyze data (in 2023) from mothers and their young adult children (n=398 dyads) enrolled in the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas cohort, a primarily Latino agricultural sample. Maternal and young adult adverse childhood exp

SUBMITTER: Deardorff J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11574972 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature