Parental incarceration is a significant, inequitably distributed form of adversity that affects millions of US children and increases their risk for emotional and behavioral problems. An emerging body of research also indicates, however, that children exhibit resilience in the context of parental incarceration. In this article, we review evidence regarding the adverse implications of parental incarceration for children's adjustment and consider factors that account for these consequences with special attention to naturally occurring processes and interventions that may mitigate risk and contribute to positive youth development. We also offer a critical reframing of resilience research and argue that ( a) scholars should adopt more contextualized approaches to the study of resilience that are sensitive to intersecting inequalities and ( b) resilience research and practice should be conceptualized as important complements to, rather than substitutes for, social and institutional change. We conclude by offering social justice–informed recommendations for future research and practice.

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父母被监禁的儿童的风险和复原力：回顾和批判性重构


父母监禁是一种严重的、分布不均的逆境形式，影响着数百万美国儿童，并增加了他们出现情绪和行为问题的风险。然而，一项新兴研究也表明，儿童在父母监禁的情况下表现出韧性。在本文中，我们回顾了有关父母监禁对儿童适应的不利影响的证据，并考虑了造成这些后果的因素，特别关注可能减轻风险并有助于青少年积极发展的自然发生过程和干预措施。我们还对复原力研究进行了批判性的重构，并认为（a）学者应该采用对交叉不平等敏感的更加情境化的方法来研究复原力；（b）复原力研究和实践应该被概念化为重要的补充，而不是社会和制度变革的替代品。最后，我们为未来的研究和实践提供基于社会正义的建议。