The co-occurrence of social adversities in early adolescence and their relationship to cognitive outcomes later in development.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adverse experiences - such as abuse and neglect - occurring during childhood and adolescence have been found to predict poorer mental and cognitive health. Social adversities, including bullying and social exclusion, are likely to be particularly salient during adolescence. However, our understanding of how social adversities co-occur in adolescence and how they predict cognitive functioning is limited.

Methods

We used latent profile analysis to investigate adolescents' experiences of social adversities and regressions to identify their relationship to cognition later in development. Data was analysed from UKHLS (N = 493, aged 14-16 years, preregistered analysis) and ALSPAC (N = 14,856, aged 12-22 years, replication analysis).

Results

Adolesce

SUBMITTER: Kwok MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12698274 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature