Interpersonal relationships as moderators in the link between aces and emerging adult adjustment: An exploration of cross-domain resilience

Well over half (58.3%) of U.S. adolescents have been exposed to at least one adverse childhood experience (ACEs), among whom 59.7% reported multiple ACEs. Research has demonstrated links between ACEs and youth physical and mental health outcomes. While evidence in the literature suggests that supportive relationships with parents, peers, and romantic partners may serve as protective factors among individuals exposed to ACEs, there have been few studies exploring whether these protective factors are applicable across outcomes or may be salient only for specific domains. The current study examined the links between ACEs and emerging adult (EA) physical and mental health outcomes (i.e., depressive symptoms, risky behavior, and health problems). It also investigated whether ACEs were uniquely related to the three outcomes when examined simultaneously. Finally, the third research goal analyzed whether supportive interpersonal relationships with parents, friends, and romantic partners moderated the links between ACEs and emerging adult physical and mental health outcomes. The sample consisted of 869 college students (Mage = 19.55, SD = 1.35; 57.8% self-identified female). Results indicated that ACEs were significantly and positively related to EA depressive symptoms, health problems, and risky behavior. In addition, high levels of ACEs were related to high levels of EA depressive symptoms and health problems (but not risky behavior) when examined simultaneously. The results demonstrated little evidence of interpersonal relationships as moderators in the links between ACEs and EA mental and physical health outcome. In a small subset of analyses that found evidence of moderation, high levels of openness and involvement magnified the link between ACEs and EA adjustment. This pattern of findings suggests that the utility and value of protective factors offered by supportive relationships may vary by context. In conclusion, social connections, such as relationships, may act as an effective means of rewiring the stress response system and promoting resilience through prosocial behavior as indicated in the literature but may only do so in the context of healthy, functional relationships. Further research is needed to understand more about the risks and protective factors among individuals exposed to ACEs

Promoting healthy sleeping habits in children and adolescents

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Social inclusion and quality of life at the intersection of disability, neurodivergence, and LGBTQ2S+ identities

Community Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psycholog

LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

A survey that can cover the sky in optical bands over wide fields to faint magnitudes with a fast cadence will enable many of the exciting science opportunities of the next decade. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will have an effective aperture of 6.7 meters and an imaging camera with field of view of 9.6 deg^2, and will be devoted to a ten-year imaging survey over 20,000 deg^2 south of +15 deg. Each pointing will be imaged 2000 times with fifteen second exposures in six broad bands from 0.35 to 1.1 microns, to a total point-source depth of r~27.5. The LSST Science Book describes the basic parameters of the LSST hardware, software, and observing plans. The book discusses educational and outreach opportunities, then goes on to describe a broad range of science that LSST will revolutionize: mapping the inner and outer Solar System, stellar populations in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies, the structure of the Milky Way disk and halo and other objects in the Local Volume, transient and variable objects both at low and high redshift, and the properties of normal and active galaxies at low and high redshift. It then turns to far-field cosmological topics, exploring properties of supernovae to z~1, strong and weak lensing, the large-scale distribution of galaxies and baryon oscillations, and how these different probes may be combined to constrain cosmological models and the physics of dark energy.Comment: 596 pages. Also available at full resolution at http://www.lsst.org/lsst/sciboo

Meaningful Social Inclusion and Mental Well-Being Among Autistic Adolescents and Emerging Adults: Protocol for a Community-Based Mixed Methods Study

BackgroundIn the United States, autistic people face high rates of co-occurring mental illnesses and premature death due to self-harm, which are indicators of threats to mental well-being. Social inclusion may enhance mental well-being and resilience among autistic people. According to Simplican and colleague’s (2015) model of social inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, social inclusion is an interaction between community participation and interpersonal relationships. There is limited research on social inclusion that includes the integration of interpersonal relationships and community participation among autistic people or the impact of social inclusion on the well-being of autistic people. Additionally, little evidence exists regarding how autistic people prefer to be included in the community or form interpersonal relationships. ObjectiveThe long-term objective of this project is to improve social inclusion factors to support the mental well-being of autistic people. This protocol describes a community-based, mixed methods pilot study to develop a definition of meaningful social inclusion for autistic people and to understand the relationship between meaningful social inclusion and mental well-being among autistic adolescents and emerging adults. MethodsThe project uses a community-based, sequential mixed methods design with a formative phase (Phase 1) that informs a survey phase (Phase 2) and concludes with a process evaluation of the community engagement process (Phase 3). During Phase 1, we will recruit 10 community partners (autistic adults and stakeholders) and conduct sharing sessions to cocreate a definition of meaningful social inclusion and a survey of meaningful social inclusion and well-being. During Phase 2, we will recruit 200 participants (100 autistic adolescents and emerging adults and 100 caregivers) to complete the survey. We will examine whether meaningful social inclusion predicts well-being given sociodemographic factors using ordered logistic regression, with well-being categorized as low, medium, and high. During Phase 3, the community partners from Phase 1 will complete a survey on their experiences with the project. ResultsEthics approval was obtained for this project in March 2023. We have recruited community partners and started the Phase 1 focus groups as of September 2023. Phase 2 and Phase 3 have not yet started. We expect to complete this study by March 2025. ConclusionsUsing a community-based, mixed methods approach, we intended to develop a definition of meaningful social inclusion for autistic people and understand the role meaningful social inclusion plays in the well-being of autistic people. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)PRR1-10.2196/5265