Adverse childhood experiences and adult disease: Examining mediating pathways in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study.
Marissa A KobayashiCarmen R IsasiShakira F SugliaLinda C GalloAngela P GutierrezDaniela Sotres-AlvarezMaria M LlabrePublished in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2024)
In this diverse Hispanic/Latino sample, depressive symptoms were found to be a pathway linking ACEs to self-reported cardiopulmonary diseases, although the effects were of small magnitude. Future work should replicate pathways, confirm the magnitude of effects, and examine cultural moderators that may dampen expected associations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).