Physical and sexual abuse in childhood and adolescence and leukocyte telomere length: A pooled analysis of the study on psychosocial stress, spirituality, and health.

Erica T WarnerYing ZhangYue GuTâmara P TaporoskiAlexandre PereiraImmaculata DeVivoNicholas D SpenceYvette C CozierJulie R PalmerAlka M KanayaNamratha R KandulaShelley A ColeShelley TworogerAlexandra Shields

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Sexual abuse in childhood or adolescence was associated with a marker of accelerated biological aging, decreased telomere length. The lack of moderation by R/S may be due to inability to capture the appropriate time period for those beliefs and practices.

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