Childhood Abuse-Related Weight Gain: An Investigation of Potential Resilience Factors.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Childhood physical, sexual, and emotional abuse are linked to adult obesity, and little is known about what protective factors might mitigate this association.

Methods

Data from female (n=4,247) and male (n=1,982) participants in the longitudinal Growing Up Today cohort study from 1996 to 2013 were used to examine whether factors found to promote mental health resilience after abuse also operate as buffers (modifiers) of the abuse-weight status association. At ages 20-25 years, participants were asked about their history of child abuse before age 18 years. Potential resilience factors (modifiers) included childhood family SES, neighborhood safety, supportive relationships with adult nonfamily members, quality of maternal relationship, family structure, religious

SUBMITTER: Mason SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8688271 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature