Citation

Masten AS. Nat. Hum. Behav. 2018; 2(4): 244-245.

Affiliation

Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. amasten@umn.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1038/s41562-018-0319-2

PMID

30936536

Abstract

Growing evidence links adverse childhood experiences to health problems decades later. A study of adults followed in midlife finds that perceived social support predicts lower subsequent mortality, particularly for adults reporting child abuse, suggesting that supportive relationships buffer long-term health in the context of early maltreatment...

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