Abstract Purpose of Review Stress has long been suspected to be interrelated to
(abdominal) obesity. However, interindividual differences in this complex relationship exist …

Adverse life events are associated with a constellation of negative health outcomes. Theory
and research suggest that the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis acts as one …

An increasing prevalence of early childhood adversity has reached epidemic proportions,
creating a public health crisis. Rather than focusing only on adverse childhood experiences …

Background Several factors are known contribute to hair cortisol concentration (HCC) in
adults. However, there is less research on determinants of HCC in children and adolescents …

Early adversity (EA) has been shown to be a potent risk factor for develo** a
psychopathology in adulthood. Alterations of the stress system in addition to changes in …

Background Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may lead to stress-induced
upregulation of inflammatory and neuroendocrine processes. However, it remains unclear …

Background The enduring impact of childhood maltreatment on biological systems and
ensuing psychopathology remains incompletely understood. Long‐term effects of stress may …

Much of the existing research on biological mechanisms underlying the stress experience
has focused largely on moment‐to‐moment stress, rather than on chronic stress, an …

This paper examines the efficacy of a universally-offered parenting program, Tuning in to
Toddlers (TOTS), that aims to improve parent emotion socialization, reduce parent and …

Problem: Incorporating biomarkers of chronic stress into pediatric research studies may help
to explicate the links between exposure to adversity and lifelong health, but there are …