The mediating role of self-continuity on the link between childhood adversity and loneliness in later life.

ABSTRACT: Many factors may influence adaptation to critical life events such as divorce and bereavement in the second half of life, including having faced childhood adversity. However, pathways to reduced adaptation success are poorly understood. Self-continuity, an identity mechanism that incorporates life changes into a coherent life story, may contribute to better adaptation to adult critical life events, such as feeling less socially and emotionally lonely. We investigated the mediating role of self-continuity channeling the effects of childhood adversity on later life adaptation outcomes among individuals who had experienced divorce or bereavement. Data were derived from the longitudinal LIVES Intimate Partner Loss Study conducted in Switzerland from 2012 to 2016. The sample consisted of indivi

SUBMITTER: Lampraki C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9721115 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature