The stress-buffering role of friendships in young people with childhood threat experiences: a preliminary report.

ABSTRACT: Background: High-quality friendships have a positive impact on the mental health of young people with childhood adversity (CA). Social stress buffering, the phenomenon of a social partner attenuating acute stress responses, is a potential yet unexplored mechanism that may underlie this relationship.Objective: This study examined whether perceived friendship quality was related to better mental health and lower neural stress response in young people with CA.Method: A total of N = 102 young people (aged 16-26) with low to moderate CA were included in the study. We first investigated associations between friendship quality, mental health, and CA. In a representative subset (n = 62), we assessed neural stress responses using the Montreal Imaging Stress Task.

SUBMITTER: Konig M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10990450 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature