Association of Psychological Resilience With Healthy Lifestyle and Body Weight in Young Adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Childhood adversity is associated with adverse health outcomes, in part owing to its effects on healthy lifestyle. We examined whether psychological resilience to adversity may promote healthier behaviors and body weight in young adulthood.

Methods

Data are from the Growing Up Today Study, a longitudinal cohort of young adults (n = 3,767) who are children of participants of the Nurses' Health Study II, a separate longitudinal cohort. After characterizing psychological resilience as per levels of adversity exposure before the age of 18 years and young adult psychological health (defined by a composite of low psychological distress and high positive affect), we derived a categorical measure by cross-classifying adversity (exposed vs. unexposed) and psychological health

SUBMITTER: Nishimi KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8792157 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature