11.1 intergenerational transmission of childhood trauma? testing cellular aging in mothers exposed to sexual abuse and their children

Exposure to maltreatment during childhood can lead to increased risk for poor health outcomes in adulthood. Child maltreatment and later poor health may be linked by premature biological aging. We tested whether childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is associated with telomere length (TL) in adult females. We further tested the hypothesis of intergenerational transmission of the effects of CSA by measuring TL in both CSA-exposed and nonexposed mothers and their children.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Symposium 11 Source Type: research