Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is prevalent and confers risk for
psychopathology later in life. Approaches to understanding the impact of ACEs on …

Adverse experiences before the age of eighteen are common and include diverse events
ranging from sexual abuse to parental divorce. These stressful experiences have been …

As Davis and Glynn observe in the introduction to their review, early life adversity is a
significant impediment to healthy child development. Whereas some theoretical accounts …

Objectives Adversity experience, in both childhood and adulthood, has been associated with
the development of depression. However, it is currently unclear how variation in timing and …

We examine how incidence and accumulation of two domains of risk factors—deprivation
and threat of harm—predict early childhood development, testing a framework put forth by …

Objective To examine whether and when effects of cumulative adversity in the first 7 years of
life are evident in relation to 3 childhood markers of risk for poor adult physical health. Study …

There has been a shift in the study of childhood adversity towards a focus on dimensions of
adversity as opposed to a focus on cumulative risk or specific adversities. The Dimensional …

It is now widely recognized that children exposed to adverse life events in the first years of
life are at increased risk for a variety of neural, behavioral, and psychological sequelae. As …

Early adversity is a strong and enduring predictor of psychiatric disorders including mood
disorders, anxiety disorders, substance abuse or dependence, and posttraumatic stress …

This chapter presents an overview of research that we have been pursuing for the past
several years to study the long-term effects of childhood adversity on adult psychopathology …