Psychobiological Signatures of Early Adverse Experiences in Children and Adolescents
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 299
Special Issue Editors
Interests: behavioral epigenetics; developmental psychobiology; early intervention; mother-infant interaction; stress regulation, risk and protective factors in child development
Interests: pregnancy; stress; inflammation; neuroendocrine regulation; vagal regulation; behavioral epigenetics; caregiving; emotion regulation; developmental psychopathology; affective disorders; early mother-infant interventions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is well-known that adverse early experiences may have negative and persistent effects on health and well-being later in life. Moreover, recent advances in developmental psychobiology suggest that early adversity may be associated with long-lasting biomarkers, as well as potentially being involved in the long-term programming of behavioral, socio-emotional, and socio-cognitive developmental trajectories. Papers addressing the psychological and/or psychobiological consequences of adverse early experiences in children and adolescents are invited as contributions to this Special Issue. Different manuscript types will be considered, according to journal guidelines.
Dr. Serena Grumi
Dr. Sarah Nazzari
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- adverse early experiences
- adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
- psychobiological consequences
- behavioral epigenetics
- DNA methylation
- emotion regulation
- life adversity
- parenting
- social cognition
- stress
- trauma
