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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Childhood adversity"”.
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A cross-species network science approach to childhood adversity
… and well-being. Indeed, exposure to significant adversity in childhood increases the risk of a range of cognitive and behavioural difficulties later in life. Previous work has sought to understand this pathway by identifying neural correlates of exposure to poverty and violence, focusing …
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Developmental burden of childhood adversity: Insight from longitudinal perspectives
Childhood adversity has been implicated in poorer developmental outcomes such as behavioral problems, poorer mental health and cognitive deficits. Studies have also linked adversity to alterations in cortical brain structures. To date however, almost all knowledge of the effects of adversity on …
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Childhood Adversity: Measurement And Impacts On Academic Goals And Outcomes
Exposure to childhood adversity – such as maltreatment, violence, and living in poverty – is related to problems with health and wellbeing across the lifespan. The present research aimed to improve measurement of one form of childhood adversity (maltreatment) and explore the role of adversity in …
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Exploring Patient-to-Provider Communication of Childhood Adversity in Primary Care
… of US adults have reported at least one adverse childhood experience in their lifetime. Research reveals that individuals who experience adverse events during childhood are more likely to have a greater number of health disparities in adulthood compared to adults who have not experienced …
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Attachment, childhood adversity, emotional problems and personality disorder in offenders with mild intellectual disability
… explores attachment (measured retrospectively in childhood), relationships to perceived parenting, emotion and personality pathology in offenders with ID. Adaptation of an existing self report measure (Relationship Questionnaire) (RQ) resulted in the development of the ‘Adapted Relationship …
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Does Context Matter to ACEs? The Role of State Economic Context and Selected State Policies in Childhood Adversity
Childhood adversity is a widespread public health problem in the United States. Half of adults experienced at least one serious adversity during childhood, and a quarter experienced two or more. Childhood adversity, often referred to as adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), has been associated with …
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Location, Location, Location: Assessing the Role of Context in Moderating the Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Mental Health Burden
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have profound mental health implications throughout the life course. While literature has focused on individual risk factors for ACEs and their burden on health, there are social and physical environmental contextual factors outside the individual that have been …
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Mediating and Moderating Effects of Child Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Reactivity in the Association Between Early Childhood Adversity and Later Adjustment
Early childhood adversity has been shown to predict mental health problems, although the influence of adversity on child adjustment varies significantly (Caspi et al., 2002). Biologically based individual differences in arousal and regulatory systems are thought to influence the relation between …
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When Threat and Safety Cues are Present: A Quantitative Study Exploring the Relationships Between Childhood Adversity, Social Support Figures, Subjective Safety, and Child Well-Being Outcomes
Childhood adversity has become a global social concern because its potential traumatic effects may lead to longer-term adverse health, psychological, and social outcomes for children, their families, communities, and society (Bellis et al., 2019; Hughes et al., 2021; Kim & Royle, 2024). Safety has …
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Examining adverse childhood experiences & attachment style as predictors of sexual violence
This thesis examined adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and attachment style as predictors of sexual violence across convicted and community samples. Study 1 investigated whether child abuse, abuse characteristics, and attachment style predicted sexual recidivism among 772 men convicted of sexual …
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Chronic Stressors, Obesity Pathogenesis, and the Moderating Effect of Internalized Weight Stigma; a Quantitative, Illinois Study
… relationships among chronic stressors (including childhood adversity, perceived stress, and internalized weight stigma), resilience factors (including subjective happiness and positive childhood experiences), and BMI/obesity diagnosis for adult participants in Illinois. It also explored the …
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Beyond the Sum: A Network Analysis of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Behavioral Outcomes in Justice-Involved Youth
… examines gender-specific patterns of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among justice-involved youth using network analysis. Despite experiencing higher rates of childhood adversity, female youth show lower recidivism rates than males, presenting an empirical paradox. Using a sample of …
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Genetic and environmental influences on impulsivity and coping motives for alcohol across emerging and young adulthood
… in DRD4 moderates the environmental influence of childhood adversity on personality (including replication attempts of reported GXE) as well as coping motives. Primary analyses were conducted in the Alcohol, Health, and Behavior (AHB; for current analyses ns=236-252) dataset, a prospective, …
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Developmental and life-course pathways for antisocial behaviour among young adults in the Western Cape, South Africa
… 6 psychological assessment tools that measured childhood adversity, deviant and anti-social behaviours, cognitions, and attitudes as well as pro-social functioning. The responses to the scales were analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), version 25, in attempts to …
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The role of shame in psychopathology and implications for therapeutic practice
… dichotomous thinking or 'splitting'. A range of childhood adversity factors was also investigated derived from ratings on the Childhood Experience of Care & Abuse interview (the CECA) including childhood sexual and physical abuse. Contrary to prediction, no relationship was found between shame- …
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The nature, structure, and neural signature of early life adversity
… salient environmental influence is that of adversity experienced in early life. The long-term consequences of such experiences on cognitive development and mental health outcomes are well-documented. However, there remain gaps in understanding the precise neuropsychological pathways through …
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Prevalence of adverse childhood experiences in an undergraduate student population : associations with health, education and social services
… related to adverse life experiences in childhood. The current research conducted an online survey to glean the self-reported experiences of childhood adversity in a university student population. The survey, known as The Big Ask, included: the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) 10-item …
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Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Consequences of Adverse Childhood Experiences
… this thesis sought to identify the effects of adversity on change in arterial stiffness and cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity (cvBRS) from childhood to young adulthood. Study 1 identified significant interactions between ≥ 4 ACEs and time, and maltreatment by time which were associated with a …
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A Qualitative Exploration Of Trauma, Familismo, And Resilience In Three Mexican Immigrant Families.
… Thematic analysis revealed three central themes: childhood adversity, familismo (commitment to family), and resilience. While the data did not explicitly demonstrate trauma transmission, the findings revealed the lasting impact of early life adversity on family members. Familismo emerged as a …
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