Resilience factors counteract intergenerational risk for adolescent maladjustment related to family mental health history and childhood adversity.

ABSTRACT: Intergenerational risk within families, stemming from familial history of mental health problems and encompassing exposure to childhood adversity, poses challenges to adolescent adjustment. However, it is important to recognize that negative developmental outcomes associated with intergenerational risk are not inevitable. To better understand resilience in this context, there is a need for studies that systematically compare different models of resilience. Further, few studies have estimated what level of adjustment should be expected for youth with high intergenerational risk but also a diverse set of strengths and competencies. Here, an intergenerational risk pathway and compensatory and protective resilience models were evaluated in the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N

SUBMITTER: Mastromatteo LY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12238298 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature