APS
2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023
Trajectories of the Cortisol Stress Response across Adolescence Differ According to Maltreatment Status and Type
- Melissa Peckins
St. John's University - Sonya Negriff
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J Tyson School of Medicine - Sonya Negriff
Kaiser Permanente Southern California - Elana Gordis
University at Albany, State University of New York - Anna Zhen
St. John's University - Elizabeth Susman
The Pennsylvania State University
Abstract
Trajectories of cortisol reactivity, peak cortisol, and recovery across adolescence differed for maltreated and comparison youth. Maltreated youth showed blunted cortisol reactivity at age 9 relative to comparison youth. Across adolescence, sexually and physically abused youth showed blunted cortisol reactivity and recovery trajectories compared to emotionally abused and neglected youth.
Childhood Adversity
