Childhood Risk and Resilience and Outcomes in Early Adulthood

This area of research explores the relationship between stressful events during childhood and health and well-being outcomes during adulthood. We have ongoing collaborations focused on understanding how childhood risk and protective factors affect functioning in adulthood, including work with Dr. Suniya Luthar and Dr. Misty Hawkins.

Highlights

Research found that among youth from high-achieving schools, ACEs were associated with both increased internalizing and externalizing symptoms in adolescence, and psychiatric diagnoses in adulthood.
Findings from a study examining the ACEs and cognitive function revealed higher ACEs, especially deprivation-type, are linked to poorer memory and cognitive function. Click to learn more about these results.