Sentences with phrase «early life adversity increases»

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It is possible that early life adversity and stress lead to persistent increase in levels of IL - 6 and other inflammatory markers in our body, which, in turn, increase the risk of a number of chronic physical and mental illness.»

The new study suggests that slower processing speed may contribute to the development of mental health disorders — possibly by leading to «increased stress and difficulties responding to adversity earlier in life.»

Evidence linking psychological stress to asthma continues to grow with our increased understanding of the natural history of asthma and the neurobiology underlying stress vulnerability.1 - 3 Stress exposure during infancy and early childhood may exert particularly robust effects on the physiological systems that respond to stress.4 - 6 Evidence from animal and human studies strongly suggests that early life adversity shapes stress neurobiology, 7 resulting in disturbed regulation of endocrine and autonomic processes (eg, hypothalamic - pituitary - adrenal [HPA] axis, sympathetic - adrenal - medullary system).

Previous research has reported that a functional polymorphism in the monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene promoter can moderate the association between early life adversity and increased risk for violence and antisocial behavior.

Early adversity increases adaptive challenges faced by adolescents who are already dealing with the normative biological, cognitive, and social changes that occur during this life stage (Cicchetti and Rogosch 2002; Conger et al. 1994; Harter 2012; Hildyard and Wolfe 2002; Steinberg 2008).