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a Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, New York, USA
Key Words: childhood abuse • low birthweight • preterm birth • psychopathology • resiliency
Address for correspondence: Yoko Nomura, Ph.D., Child and Family Resilience Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1230, New York City, NY 10029. Voice: 212-987-0335; Fax: 212-987-0177. e-mail:yoko.nomura{at}mssm.edu
To find the biological basis of resilience, we exploited data from a longitudinal community-based study of 1,748 adult children, followed from birth to adulthood. Results showed that those with both abuse and perinatal problems demonstrated synergistically impaired well-being, a higher rate of school dropout, lower sense of success, and lower income. Among abused adult children (n = 271), we found that those without, relative to those with, perinatal problems had lower risk for adult psychopathology. An examination of the biological base of resilience could be added in a multidimensional/multifactorial model to help researchers identify ways to promote resiliency even before birth.
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