ArticleScientific reports2019
Externalizing Behaviors Buffer the Effects of Early Life Adversity on Physiologic Dysregulation.
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- Disparities in Allostatic Load Among Different Races: A Comprehensive Scoping Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Review
- Does Executive Functioning Moderate the Association Between Psychopathic Traits and Antisocial Behavior in Youth?Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Article
- Relations between adolescent perceptions of household chaos and externalizing and internalizing behaviors in low- and middle-income families.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2024Article
- Associations between extracurricular arts activities, school-based arts engagement, and subsequent externalising behaviours in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Early life stress and substance use disorders: The critical role of adolescent substance use.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2022Review
- Resilience and Family Socialization Processes in Ethnic Minority Youth: Illuminating the Achievement-Health Paradox.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2022Review
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Abstract
The present study examined the counterintuitive hypothesis that externalizing behaviors such as aggression, although in many respects detrimental, may be functional and protect against the detrimental health consequences of early life adversity. In particular, in line with evolutionary models of development, we argue that externalizing problems moderate the association between chronic stress exposure and allostatic load, a biological marker of chronic physiological dysregulation. Prospective interactive effects of externalizing behaviors and cumulative risk (a confluence of multiple risk factors) on children's allostatic load were assessed in 260 children (46% female, baseline age = 9). Exposure to early life adversity was assessed at baseline using a cumulative risk index. Externalizing behaviors were reported by parents at baseline. Allostatic load was measured at baseline and at ages 13 and 17, using endocrine, cardiovascular and metabolic parameters. Results of linear-mixed effects models indicated that the association between cumulative risk and allostatic load was attenuated for adolescents who scored high on externalizing behaviors. Further examination of sex differences indicated that the findings were more pronounced among males than females.
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