Adverse childhood experiences and family resilience among children with autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Oct 24, 2019
Schneider M, et al. - Among children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and comorbid ASD/ADHD and healthy neurodevelopmental controls, researchers examined the differences in adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), analyzed the levels of family resilience across diagnostic categories, identified the differences in family resilience by the number of ACEs, as well as studied the interaction between ACEs and the diagnostic category on family resilience. The sample consisted of 2,083 children between the ages of 6 and 17 years from the 2016 National Survey of Children's Health. According to findings, ACEs tend to be at the highest risk for young people diagnosed with ADHD. When controlling for exposure to ACEs, those with comorbid ASD/ADHD report the lowest levels of family resilience.
When controlling for exposure to ACEs, youth families with ASD had lower levels of family resilience than neurotypical youth, on the other hand, youth families with ADHD alone had similar levels of family resilience relative to neurotypical youth and their families. Outcomes have implications for ASD and/or ADHD youth and their families in terms of prevention and intervention.
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