Parental aggravation may tell more about a child’s mental/behavioral health than Adverse Childhood Experiences: Using the 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with a number of health problems and early mortality. Developmental studies have also shown strong links between parents’ contemporaneous negative feelings toward their children and the children’s maladjustment. The relative, unique contributions of ACEs and parents’ feelings of aggravation were examined in predicting to the presence of children’s internalizing and externalizing problems,...