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Feasibility and Acceptability of a Trauma-informed Intervention to Leverage Caregivers in Preventing Opioid Use Among Youth Involved in the Legal System
AbstractYouth in the legal system (YILS) report high rates of substance use (SU), complex family/social relationships, and chronic trauma. The current study tested the feasibility of a prevention intervention, Trust-based Relational Intervention ® (TBRI®), that leverages family systems by strengthening connection and providing emotional and instrumental guidance and support. TBRI includes theprimary TBRI Intervention, comprised of Caregiver Training, Youth Training, and joint youth-caregiver Nurture Groups, andTBRI Family Coaching. With a sample of eight youth-caregiver dyads, the study adopted a mixed-methods design wit...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - April 6, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Caregiver Experiences with a Trauma-Informed Parenting Program: Examining the Resource Parent Curriculum
ConclusionsThe findings can be used to support trauma-informed programming for resource parents within child welfare. (Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma)
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - April 6, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Preliminary Danish Norms for the Odense Child Trauma Screening (OCTS)
AbstractThe Odense Child Trauma Screening (OCTS) is Danish story stem screening tool applicable for assessment of preschoolers and young children in risk of being traumatized. Having shown initial evidence of validation, Danish norms are needed to strengthen the clinical assessment with the OCTS by serving as a baseline comparison for assessment of potentially traumatized children. We tested 169 children from the Danish general population aged 4 –8 with the OCTS and investigated sex and age differences in play-based behavior and narrative representations. Caregivers reported electronically on child demographic informatio...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - April 4, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Trauma Exposure and the Mental Health Needs of Latinx Youth: A Systematic Review of the Literature
AbstractAlthough trauma exposure is common among youth in the United States, it is not evenly distributed. In fact, Latinx youth have higher rates of trauma exposure than their non-Latinx White counterparts with approximately 78% of Latinx youth experiencing one traumatic event by the time they are 18  years old. Despite this, the impact of trauma exposure on Latinx youth’s mental health needs is not well-established. This is largely because Latinx youth are vastly underrepresented in many of the large-scale, epidemiological studies on childhood trauma exposure. To address this gap in the lite rature, this study applied...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - April 3, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Maltreatment and Parent-Child Attachment as Predictors of Dating Violence and Risky Sexual Behaviour Among High-Risk Teens
This study differentiated developmentally appropriate, exploratory sexual behaviours from RSB and examined whether maltreatment experiences and parent-child attachment in adolescence predicted DV and RSB reported five years later in a high-risk sample. Participants were 179 adolescents (46% girls;Mage = 15.34, range  = 12–18 years) at risk for aggressive and antisocial behaviour. Adolescents reported their maltreatment histories and attachment to their parents at Time 1; five years later, at Time 2, they reported their experiences with DV perpetration and victimization and engagement in RSB. Both bivariat e correlati...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - April 2, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

The Profile and Characteristics of Young People Accessing Recently Implemented Community Forensic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (F:CAMHS) in Northern Ireland
This study adds to the growing international literature around the needs of forensically involved youth and helps to inform future service development and provision. (Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma)
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 28, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Experiences, Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Bullying Among School-Going Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study from South India
AbstractBullying victimisation affects an estimated 30% of individuals worldwide. While the prevalence and risk factors of bullying have been studied in India, comprehensive research on the phenomenon of bullying itself remains scarce. Our objective was to study the experiences, perceptions, and attitudes towards bullying among seventh to ninth-grade students. The study included all seventh to ninth graders (N = 205) from two schools in the Udupi district of South India. To collect information on bullying, we used theBully Survey - Student Version with appropriate modifications for our context. The mean age of the part...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 26, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Effects of Therapy at a Community Based Trauma Therapy Service Treating Child Abuse and Neglect: A Pre-Post Study Using Administrative Data
AbstractThis repeated-measures study examined the effects of a hybrid of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT) with other therapeutic approaches at a community-based clinic in Perth Western Australia among a sample of children and young people overwhelmingly experiencing multiple forms of maltreatment and with complex family situations (i.e., family and domestic violence, parental mental health, parental substance abuse). Drawing on 1713 individual client records from between 2017 and 2020, the researchers identified 113 children and young people with viable pre-post treatment assessments including 78 on th...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 25, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Coping Mechanisms and Posttraumatic Stress Exhibited by Children in Areas of Yemen ’s Armed Conflict in Southern Saudi Arabia
This study is an attempt to explore war-related trauma, its stressful effects, and the coping strategies of Saudi schoolchildren. The authors hypothesized that children exposed to war-related trauma will show higher levels of PTSD, and that those with higher levels of PTSD symptoms use more maladaptive coping strategies. The study describes the correlation between traumatic events and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as coping strategies. Five hundred twenty-seven intermediate and high school students, 12 to 18 years old, living in the conflict zone in southern Saudi Arabia completed three standardized self-rep...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 22, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Pediatric ACEs Screening and Referral: Facilitators, Barriers, and Opportunities for Improvement
AbstractDespite well-documented associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and lifelong impairments in health and well-being, few studies have examined how to facilitate implementation of ACEs screening and referral programs in pediatric settings. We sought to identify facilitators and barriers related to screening for and addressing ACEs in a large integrated healthcare delivery system in Southern California. Using a developmental evaluation approach, we conducted twenty semi-structured interviews with pediatricians, nurses, social workers, and community referral organization staff. Interviews took place ac...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 21, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Exploring Racial Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, and Perception of the Future Among Black-Identifying Emerging Adults with and without Autism in the United States: A Mixed-Methods Descriptive Study
AbstractDiscrimination experienced by Black emerging adults with autism is rarely studied nor have their experiences been juxtaposed to Black emerging adults without autism. A mixed methods descriptive approach was used to describe responses to open-ended questions collected as part of a larger study of discrimination experienced by Black emerging adults with autism (n  = 14) and Black emerging adults without autism (n = 20). Questions focused around racial discrimination, disability discrimination, and perception of the future. Qualitative and quantitative content analysis were applied. Qualitatively- a manifest...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 20, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Electrocortical Correlates of Emotion Processing and Resilience in Individuals with Adverse Childhood Experiences
AbstractChildhood trauma is associated with poor health outcomes in adulthood, largely due to the impact of chronic stress on the body. Fortunately, there are certain protective characteristics, such asconstraint (i.e., impulse control, inhibition, and avoidance of unconventional behavior and risk) andcognitive reappraisal (i.e., reframing circumstances in a more positive light). In the present study, we investigated the interaction between childhood trauma, resilience, and neural correlates of emotion processing. Participants responded to survey questions regarding childhood trauma and resilient characteristics. They were...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 20, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Is Trauma-Informed Care Possible without Information? – Experience of Trauma Awareness among Estonian Foster Parents and Residential Caregivers
This article is based on focus groups conducted for a wider study that aims to develop the basis for a TIC training course for foster parents and staff members working as direct caregivers in residential substitute care. The foster parents and staff members participated in four focus groups, with special attention on their experiences with TIC. The participants eagerly shared their experiences, and thematic narrative analysis was used during the data analysis. The central theme of th e participants’ stories was the need for information about the child’s traumatic past. The findings indicate that a complex interplay exi...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 20, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Adverse Childhood Experiences Predicting Psychological Distress among Black Youth: Exploring Self-Control as a Moderator
AbstractContextual risk factors, such as adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), have a significant impact on the mental health of Black youth. Surprisingly, few studies focus efforts specifically on Black youth. The present study investigates the influence of ACEs on psychological distress among Black youth. Additionally, guided by social cognitive theory, this study highlights emotional self-control as a protective mechanism against the negative consequences of ACEs. Our findings show that ACEs (T1) predicted psychological distress among Black youth a year later (T2). Emotional self-control emerged as a significant buffer ...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 19, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

The Pathways from Forms of Aggression and Peer Victimization to Internalizing and Externalizing Problems: A Gender-Informed Analysis
AbstractDespite ample evidence supporting the association between relational and overt aggression and social-psychological adjustment problems, little is known about how this association occurs among adolescents in non-Western cultures. The present study examined whether potentially traumatic peer experience, such as forms of peer victimization (relational and overt), influences the longitudinal association between forms of aggression (relational and overt) and social-psychological adjustment problems (internalizing and externalizing) among Japanese adolescents. Gender differences in the mediation of peer victimization wer...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 19, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research