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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Early-Life Stress and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults: Social Contact as a Protective Factor

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Cross-Cutting Theme Poster - Biological Embedding of Early Life Adversity

  • Julia Nakamura
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Eric Kim
    Harvard University, T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  • Kelly Rentscher
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Kate Kuhlman
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Kate Kuhlman
    University of California, Irvine

Abstract

We investigated whether social contact moderated the association between early-life stress (ELS) and depressive symptoms, or the association between ELS and inflammation, in a nationally representative sample of older adults. The ELS-depressive symptoms association was fully attenuated among older adults who reported a higher frequency of social contact.

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