{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["46(3)"],"submitter":["Maner JK"],"pubmed_abstract":["This research differentiated childhood unpredictability (i.e., perceptions of uncertainty or instability due to turbulent environmental changes) from other related constructs to identify its role in adult health. Study 1 (N = 441) showed that, beyond other childhood adversity variables (poverty and adverse childhood experiences or ACEs) and demographic characteristics, perceptions of unpredictability were associated with greater functional disability and worse health-related quality of life (assessed via the CDC's HRQOL Healthy Days measure and the RAND SF-36). Study 2 (N = 564) replicated those findings in a more racially diverse sample and showed that associations with childhood unpredictability held while also controlling for the Big 5 personality traits. Findings suggest that effects of unpredictability were especially pronounced among Hispanic (in Study 1), and Black/African American and low-income participants (in Study 2). Experiencing childhood environments that are perceived to be uncertain, unstable, or uncontrollable may put children on a path toward poor health outcomes in adulthood. Findings advance theories of child adversity and health and identify childhood unpredictability as a potentially valuable target for intervention."],"journal":["Journal of behavioral medicine"],"pagination":["417-428"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9676901"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["The role of childhood unpredictability in adult health."],"pmcid":["PMC9676901"],"pubmed_authors":["Gerend MA","Maner JK","Hasty CR","Martinez JL","Ehrlich KB"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The role of childhood unpredictability in adult health.","description":"This research differentiated childhood unpredictability (i.e., perceptions of uncertainty or instability due to turbulent environmental changes) from other related constructs to identify its role in adult health. Study 1 (N = 441) showed that, beyond other childhood adversity variables (poverty and adverse childhood experiences or ACEs) and demographic characteristics, perceptions of unpredictability were associated with greater functional disability and worse health-related quality of life (assessed via the CDC's HRQOL Healthy Days measure and the RAND SF-36). Study 2 (N = 564) replicated those findings in a more racially diverse sample and showed that associations with childhood unpredictability held while also controlling for the Big 5 personality traits. Findings suggest that effects of unpredictability were especially pronounced among Hispanic (in Study 1), and Black/African American and low-income participants (in Study 2). Experiencing childhood environments that are perceived to be uncertain, unstable, or uncontrollable may put children on a path toward poor health outcomes in adulthood. Findings advance theories of child adversity and health and identify childhood unpredictability as a potentially valuable target for intervention.","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Jun","modification":"2025-04-26T09:39:54.09Z","creation":"2025-04-06T13:07:53.37Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9676901","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36400880"],"doi":["10.1007/s10865-022-00373-8"]}}