Do positive childhood and adult experiences counter the effects of adverse childhood experiences on learned helplessness? [PDF]
IntroductionLearned helplessness often arises when an individual feels that a challenging situation is inescapable. Childhood trauma can lead to feelings of learned helplessness in youth and adulthood. Resiliency theory suggests that positive experiences
AliceAnn Crandall +3 more
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Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences and Emotional Regulation Difficulties in a Sample of Incarcerated Men [PDF]
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are linked to a higher risk of criminal behaviour, while positive childhood experiences (PCEs) may offer a protective effect by mitigating the negative impact of ACEs.
Bárbara Maia, Ana Rita Cruz, Olga Cunha
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Positive Childhood Experiences, Cognition, and Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease. [PDF]
Positive childhood experiences (PCEs) have unknown effects on late life cognition and Alzheimer’s Disease biomarkers. We examined 406 Asian, 1179 Black, 349 Latinx, and 498 White KHANDLE and STAR study participants with data on PCEs, longitudinal cognitive measures, MRI (n = 560), and amyloid PET (n = 281).
Owens JH +6 more
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Psychological flexibility as a mediating mechanism linking adverse and positive childhood experiences to suicidal thoughts in emerging adults [PDF]
The present study investigates the mediating role of psychological flexibility in the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), positive childhood experiences (PCEs), and suicidal thoughts among emerging adults.
Mehmet Sıddık Vangölü +2 more
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Positive childhood experiences and adult cardiovascular health. [PDF]
To test whether positive childhood experiences (PCEs) assessed prospectively in adolescence predict ideal cardiovascular health in adulthood, even after controlling for experiences of childhood maltreatment. We also tested whether PCEs would moderate the association between childhood maltreatment and adult cardiovascular health and whether sex ...
Deer LK +7 more
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Associations of adverse and positive childhood experiences with self-reported difficulty sleeping among urban caregivers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [PDF]
Objective: Adequate sleep is essential for health and cognition, yet a third of adults in the United States report trouble sleeping. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been identified as a predictor of sleep problems in adulthood, but there is ...
Matthew Jannetti +7 more
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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have a significant impact on a person's psychological development and predispose them to various harmful consequences in adulthood, such as different forms of aggression. Contrarily, positive childhood experiences (PCEs) operate as protective factors, buffering against the adverse effects of ACEs and promoting ...
Jorge Cardoso +2 more
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Mediating roles of self-esteem and positive childhood experiences in the relationship between problematic social media use and loneliness [PDF]
Background Problematic social media use has been linked to increased loneliness among university students, yet the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear.
Fırat Ünsal +5 more
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Negative and positive childhood experiences with regard to PTSD and subjective well-being in the national sample of Poles [PDF]
This study aimed to explore the distinct and cumulative impacts of various types of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and positive childhood experiences (PCEs) on the occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and subjective well-being (SWB ...
Marcin Rzeszutek +14 more
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Positive childhood experiences in obesity and hypertension among young adults: Associations across adverse childhood experiences levels [PDF]
Background: Though the importance of childhood experiences in adult health is increasingly being recognized, the relationship between positive childhood experiences (PCEs) and cardiovascular risk factors remains understudied in low and middle-income ...
Vineet Chaudhary +3 more
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