ArticleChild psychiatry and human development2022
How Do Fathers Help? A Moderation Analysis of the Association between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Child Behavioral Health in Fragile Families.
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- Factors Influencing Preterm Birth in a Cohort of Predominantly Black Fathers: Preliminary Findings from the Fathers Matter Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Parents' Childhood Invalidating Families and Children's Mental Health.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Racial Differences in Adverse Childhood Experiences: Timing and Patterns.American journal of preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Early learning difficulties, childhood stress, race, and risk of cognitive impairment among US adults over age 50: A cross-sectional analysis.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Early Adverse Childhood Experiences and Positive Functioning during Adolescence.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2023Article
- Adverse childhood experiences and adolescent mental health: Understanding the roles of gender and teenage risk and protective factors.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Article
- Adversity and child body mass index in Fragile Families over 15 years: Do type and timing matter?SSM - population health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Existing research has built concrete links between trauma exposure and lifelong behavioral health outcomes. However, the ways by which father engagement buffers the detrimental effects of trauma on early childhood behavioral health remains unexplored. Using the data of 3001 mothers from the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study, we conducted a moderation analysis to examine the associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), child behavioral health, father engagement, and maternal education. We found that ACEs at child age three were positively associated with child externalizing and internalizing behaviors at child age five. Father engagement at child age one buffered the harmful effects of ACEs on child externalizing behaviors, but this effect was only significant for children living with mothers with an education level lower than high school. Child psychiatrists should view father engagement as a critical factor in fostering child resilience, particularly for children living in families with limited resources.
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