Sensory processing challenges as a novel link between early caregiving experiences and mental health.

ABSTRACT: Early caregiving adversity (ECA) is associated with elevated psychological symptomatology. While neurobehavioral ECA research has focused on socioemotional and cognitive development, ECA may also increase risk for "low-level" sensory processing challenges. However, no prior work has compared how diverse ECA exposures differentially relate to sensory processing, or, critically, how this might influence psychological outcomes. We examined sensory processing challenges in 183 8-17-year-old youth with and without histories of institutional (orphanage) or foster caregiving, with a particular focus on sensory over-responsivity (SOR), a pattern of intensified responses to sensory stimuli that may negatively impact mental health. We further tested whether sensory processing challenges are linked t

SUBMITTER: Mendez Leal AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10734795 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature