Biological Sensitivity to the Effects of Childhood Family Adversity on Psychological Well-Being in Young Adulthood
| Autor: | Jennifer A. Somers, Mariam Hanna Ibrahim, Linda J. Luecken |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male media_common.quotation_subject Poison control 050109 social psychology Context (language use) Developmental psychology Young Adult Risk Factors Injury prevention Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Young adult Child Students media_common Adult Survivors of Child Abuse 05 social sciences Stressor Resilience Psychological Mental health Aggression Psychological well-being Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Psychological resilience Psychology Stress Psychological 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Child Maltreatment. 22:236-244 |
| ISSN: | 1552-6119 1077-5595 |
| Popis: | The theory of biological sensitivity to context may inform our understanding of why some children exposed to family adversity develop mental health problems in emerging adulthood whereas others demonstrate resilience. This study investigated the interactive effects of heart rate (HR) reactivity and childhood family adversity (maltreatment and changes in family structure) on depressive symptoms and positive affect among 150 undergraduate students (18-28 years old; 77% White, non-Hispanic; 61% female). Participants reported on childhood parental divorce or death, and child maltreatment, and current depressive symptoms and positive affect. HR reactivity was assessed in response to a laboratory interpersonal stressor. HR reactivity moderated the effects of child maltreatment on depressive symptoms and positive affect; higher maltreatment was associated with more depressive symptoms and less positive affect, but only among those with average and higher levels of HR reactivity. Results suggest that higher physiological reactivity may confer greater susceptibility to environmental contexts. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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