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Additive Interaction of Child Abuse and Perinatal Risk as Signs of Resiliency in Adulthood
Author(s) -
NOMURA YOKO,
CHEMTOB CLAUDE M,
FIFER WILLIAM P,
NEWCORN JEFFREY H.,
BROOKSGUNN JEANNE
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1376.044
Subject(s) - psychopathology , psychological resilience , developmental psychology , psychology , dropout (neural networks) , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology , machine learning , computer science
To find the biological basis of resilience, we exploited data from a longitudinal community‐based study of 1,748 adult children, followed from birth to adulthood. Results showed that those with both abuse and perinatal problems demonstrated synergistically impaired well‐being, a higher rate of school dropout, lower sense of success, and lower income. Among abused adult children ( n = 271), we found that those without, relative to those with, perinatal problems had lower risk for adult psychopathology. An examination of the biological base of resilience could be added in a multidimensional/multifactorial model to help researchers identify ways to promote resiliency even before birth.