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ArticleJournal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence2026

Social emotional learning and autonomic regulation enhance social connectedness in female adolescents with extensive exposure to adverse childhood experiences.

Nathan D Chabin, Justine Chen, Matthew Abikenari, Maxim Dembow, Prabha Siddarth, Vickie Mays, Denise Chavira, Susan Ramsundarsingh, Dara G Ghahremani

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Article in Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Social emotional learning and autonomic regulation enhance social connectedness in female adolescents with extensive exposure to adverse childhood experiences.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Nathan D ChabinDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-6340-9992
Justine ChenDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Matthew AbikenariDepartment of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5835-5179
Maxim DembowMarriage and Family Therapy Program, California State University, Northridge, California, USA.
Prabha SiddarthDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Vickie MaysDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3395-7939
Denise ChaviraDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6403-2509
Susan RamsundarsinghSchool of Social Work, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4406-0713
Dara G GhahremaniDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6731-6817

Funding

Fitbit Health Equity Research Initiative
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with social isolation, a known contributor to diminishing mental health with consequences for adolescent development. We evaluated effects of the SKY Schools program, which combines social emotional learning (SEL) with training in autonomic regulation (breathwork), on social connectedness (SC) in female Latinx adolescents with high ACEs, a group particularly vulnerable to ACEs effects. In this longitudinal study, female Latinx students (N = 174, 14-18 years; M = 14.97; SD = 0.97) in two Southern California high schools with high (≥4) and low (<4) ACEs either completed the four-week SKY Schools program plus 8 weeks of daily breathwork or underwent their usual physical education curriculum (control). We administered the Social Connectedness Scale before and after the program and again after 8 weeks. Relative to baseline, the high ACEs intervention group showed increased SC (7%) after daily breathwork compared with the control groups (low ACEs: 3%, high ACEs: -3%) and the low ACEs intervention group (-3%) (p < .01). Biopsychosocial programs that combine SEL and breathwork can reduce feelings of social isolation in socially vulnerable Latinx female adolescents, facilitating healthy adolescent development.

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Adverse Childhood ExperiencesEmotional RegulationSocial LearningAdolescentAutonomic Nervous SystemCaliforniaFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansLongitudinal StudiesSocial Isolationadolescentsadverse childhood experiencesautonomic regulationbreathworkLatinxschool interventionssocial connectednessSudarshan Kriya Yoga

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PMID42573190
PMCPMC13455454

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