Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan.
Faculty of Educational Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 9;20(4):3028. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20043028.
Resilience plays an important role in the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and children's health. Young children are often neglected in ACEs research and suffer from the negative consequences of ACEs. However, few studies have focused on the relationship between ACEs and emotional problems in young Chinese children and the moderating and mediating effect of resilience on this relationship. This study included young children at the beginning of their kindergarten year ( = 874, 42.80 ± 4.09 months) from Wuhu City, China, to examine the mediation and moderation effects of resilience on early-life ACEs and emotional problems. Our results show a positive direct effect of ACEs on emotional problems. Furthermore, a positive indirect effect of ACEs and emotional problems on resilience was found. A moderating effect of resilience was not observed in this study. Our findings (a) highlight the significance of paying more attention to early ACEs and revealing a better understanding of the effect of resilience on ACEs at an early age and (b) indicate that age-specific interventions should be provided to enhance young children's resilience when exposed to adversity.
韧性在逆境儿童经历（ACEs）与儿童健康之间的关系中起着重要作用。幼儿在 ACEs 研究中经常被忽视，并遭受 ACEs 的负面影响。然而，很少有研究关注 ACEs 与中国幼儿情绪问题之间的关系，以及韧性对这种关系的调节和中介作用。本研究包括来自中国芜湖市幼儿园开始阶段的儿童（n = 874，42.80 ± 4.09 个月），以检验韧性对早期生活 ACEs 和情绪问题的中介和调节作用。我们的结果表明 ACEs 对情绪问题有正向直接影响。此外，还发现 ACEs 和情绪问题对韧性有正向间接影响。本研究未观察到韧性的调节作用。我们的发现(a)强调了更加关注早期 ACEs 的重要性，并揭示了在早期阶段韧性对 ACEs 影响的更好理解，(b)表明在遇到逆境时，应该为幼儿提供特定年龄的干预措施，以增强他们的韧性。
