Utrygge familier med konflikt og mangel på støtte skaber psykosociale og biologiske sårbarheder hos børn. Dette øger risikoen for mentale lidelser, kroniske sygdomme og tidlig død. Sundhedsadfærd som misbrug forværres. Barndommens miljø er derfor afgørende for livslang fysisk og mental sundhed.
Titel på undersøgelse:
Risky Families: Family Social Environments and the Mental and Physical Health of Offspring.
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Hele abstrakt på originalsprog:
Risky families are characterized by conflict and aggression and by relationships that are cold, unsupportive, and neglectful. These family characteristics create vulnerabilities and/or interact with genetically based vulnerabilities in offspring that produce disruptions in psychosocial functioning (specifically emotion processing and social competence), disruptions in stress-responsive biological regulatory systems, including sympathetic-adrenomedullary and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical functioning, and poor health behaviors, especially substance abuse. This integrated biobehavioral profile leads to consequent accumulating risk for mental health disorders, major chronic diseases, and early mortality. In conclusion, the authors state that childhood family environments represent vital links for understanding mental and physical health across the life span.