Health Associations of Positive Childhood Experiences: A Scoping Review of the Literature.

ABSTRACT: We report the results of a scoping review of the literature investigating associations between positive childhood experiences (PCEs) and selected health outcomes to identify which have the highest level of research activity based on the indexed academic literature. Yielded articles underwent title/abstract (Ti/Ab) and full text screening utilizing inclusion/exclusion criteria. The review was guided by PCE categories from the Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences framework: relationships, environment, engagement, and emotional growth. The initial search yielded 8,919 unduplicated articles, 759 were retained following Ti/Ab review and 220 articles were retained after full text screening describing 795 tested associations across 23 PCE types in ten outcome categories. The outcomes most c

SUBMITTER: Hero J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11765245 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature