Social bonds in adulthood don’t mediate early life trauma

Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - 14:00 in Psychology & Sociology

When baboons experience trauma in early life, they have higher levels of stress hormones in adulthood—a potential marker of poor health—than their peers who don’t experience trauma, even if they have strong social relationships as adults, according to a study led by a University of Michigan researcher. The study examined the links between childhood adversity, […]

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