León-Rodríguez Diego Armando, Moncaleano Catalina
Universidad del Externado, Bogotá, Colombia.
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
J Child Adolesc Trauma. 2024 Jul 30;17(4):1133-1150. doi: 10.1007/s40653-024-00647-0. eCollection 2024 Dec.
Objective: Analyse the mediation role of emotional competences on behavior problems in adolescents exposed to Armed-Conflict Childhood Adversities (ACCA). Method: Families with adolescent children who studied in three schools in the municipality of Soacha, Colombia, were invited to participate in the study. One hundred and sixty-one participants were selected and pooled into three groups according to their Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) scores: lower-ACE (LACE), higher-ACE (HACE), and ACCA using the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire for Adolescents (ACE-QA). The Emotion Recognition Task, the Empathy for Pain Task, and the Child Behavior Checklist assessed teenagers' emotional functioning. Results: Teenagers exposed to ACCA more frequently experienced childhood adversities such as domestic violence, child abuse, and parental neglect. Moreover, these adolescents were less accurate in discriminating angry faces, reported higher control perception after social stressors, were more rigorous in punishing those who intentionally harmed others, and showed more internalizing behavior problems. In the mediational model, we found that: the control perception after social stress mediated the reduction of depressive symptoms in adolescents with ACCA history. Additionally, inaccuracy in perceiving angry faces and harsh punishment toward behaviors that intentionally harm others mediated the presence of thinking problems, anxiety, and rule-breaking behaviors. Conclusions: Colombian adolescents who experienced ACCA showed specific changes in their emotional competences, which mediate the parental report of behavioral problems. These results indicate the need for more focused interventions aimed at improving the emotional competences and mental health of adolescent victims of armed conflicts.
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目的：分析情绪能力在经历武装冲突童年逆境（ACCA）的青少年行为问题中的中介作用。方法：邀请在哥伦比亚索阿查市三所学校就读的有青少年子女的家庭参与研究。根据青少年不良童年经历问卷（ACE-QA）的得分，选取161名参与者并分为三组：低不良童年经历组（LACE）、高不良童年经历组（HACE）和ACCA组。通过情绪识别任务、疼痛共情任务和儿童行为清单评估青少年的情绪功能。结果：经历ACCA的青少年更频繁地经历家庭暴力、虐待儿童和父母忽视等童年逆境。此外，这些青少年在辨别愤怒面孔时准确性较低，在社会应激源后报告的控制感较高，对故意伤害他人者的惩罚更严厉，且表现出更多的内化行为问题。在中介模型中，我们发现：社会应激后的控制感中介了有ACCA病史青少年抑郁症状的减轻。此外，在感知愤怒面孔方面的不准确以及对故意伤害他人行为的严厉惩罚中介了思维问题、焦虑和违规行为的存在。结论：经历ACCA的哥伦比亚青少年在情绪能力方面表现出特定变化，这些变化中介了父母报告的行为问题。这些结果表明需要更有针对性的干预措施，以改善武装冲突青少年受害者的情绪能力和心理健康。
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