Objective Childhood maltreatment is associated with shorter leukocyte telomere length
(LTL). However, the influence of cardiac vagal control on this relation is unknown. We …

Cumulative stress and trauma in parents may alter autonomic function. Both may negatively
impact child behaviors, however these links have not been well established. We tested …

Purpose: Adults who have been maltreated as children are at risk for a variety of adverse
sequalae that can have a negative impact on parents' emotion-related socialization …

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with greater prevalence of
cardiovascular disease and altered acute stress reactivity. The current study investigated the …

The burden of OCD in children and adolescents extends to their caregivers. Prior work in
other disorders and unaffected youth has found synchrony in psychophysiological arousal …

Early life stress (ELS) has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
We examined whether ELS was associated with autonomic function and stress reactivity …

Stressful life events play a role in the pathogenesis of major depressive disorder (MDD) and
many patients with MDD were exposed to developmental stress due to adverse childhood …

We examined whether dynamic parent–child RSA synchrony varied by individual
differences in child average RSA and parental history of childhood maltreatment (CM) …

Adverse early-life experiences alter the regulation of major stress systems such as the
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Low early-life maternal care (MC) has repeatedly …