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Journal of Behavioral Medicine

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18.11.2022

The role of childhood unpredictability in adult health

verfasst von: Jon K. Maner, Connor R. Hasty, Jose L. Martinez, Katherine B. Ehrlich, Mary A. Gerend

Erschienen in: Journal of Behavioral Medicine | Ausgabe 3/2023

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Abstract

This research differentiated childhood unpredictability (i.e., perceptions of uncertainty or instability due to turbulent environmental changes) from other related constructs to identify its role in adult health. Study 1 (N = 441) showed that, beyond other childhood adversity variables (poverty and adverse childhood experiences or ACEs) and demographic characteristics, perceptions of unpredictability were associated with greater functional disability and worse health-related quality of life (assessed via the CDC’s HRQOL Healthy Days measure and the RAND SF-36). Study 2 (N = 564) replicated those findings in a more racially diverse sample and showed that associations with childhood unpredictability held while also controlling for the Big 5 personality traits. Findings suggest that effects of unpredictability were especially pronounced among Hispanic (in Study 1), and Black/African American and low-income participants (in Study 2). Experiencing childhood environments that are perceived to be uncertain, unstable, or uncontrollable may put children on a path toward poor health outcomes in adulthood. Findings advance theories of child adversity and health and identify childhood unpredictability as a potentially valuable target for intervention.

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Titel: The role of childhood unpredictability in adult health
verfasst von: Jon K. Maner
Connor R. Hasty
Jose L. Martinez
Katherine B. Ehrlich
Mary A. Gerend
Publikationsdatum: 18.11.2022
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Behavioral Medicine / Ausgabe 3/2023
Print ISSN: 0160-7715
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-3521
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-022-00373-8

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