Does telomere length mediate the association between early life adversity and mental health in childhood?
ELA influences children's mental well-being and telomere length. Surprisingly, telomere length was longer following ELA, which may be a compensatory mechanism to regulate the effects of accelerated telomere attrition in response to adversity. Further research is needed to understand these complex and dynamic relationships across the life-course.
Authors
- Zaneta M. Thayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8028-942X)
- Karen E. Waldie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7909-0464)
- Caroline Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9210-7651)
- Emma Marks
- Russell G. Snell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8166-4014)
- Benjamin D. Fletcher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3291-0485)
- Kien Ly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0741-6001)
- Susan Morton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2231-7020)
- Sarah Knowles
- Gemma Hughes-Waldon
Institutions
- Dartmouth College (US)
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- Laidlaw College (NZ)
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- Brain Research New Zealand (NZ)
- Auckland War Memorial Museum
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.120600
- Primary Topic
- Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00