Attachment Security Buffers the HPA Axis of Toddlers Growing up in Poverty or Near Poverty: Assessment During Pediatric Well-Child Exams with Inoculations

In the United States, between a fifth and a quarter of children are growing up in poverty and approximately another twenty percent live in households with incomes in the near poor range (Yoshikawa et al., 2012). Growing up poor in disadvantaged neighborhoods increases an individual ’s risk of a range of adverse physical and mental health outcomes (Aber et al., 1997; Diez Roux& Mair, 2010; Yoshikawa et al., 2012), including early death (Meijer et al., 2012). Recent work has also noted a range of socioeconomic variables may have significant impacts on brain development (see review, Farah, 2017).
Source: Psychoneuroendocrinology - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research