Violence victimisation and young adult cardiometabolic health: the role of timing and social identity

Background Adolescent violence victimisation is associated with a spectrum of adult social and behavioural health outcomes, including adverse mental health symptoms. However, underlying social stress mechanisms linking adolescent victimisation to adult cardiometabolic health remains poorly understoo...

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Main Authors: Stephanie M. Koning, Jacob Aronoff, Shanting Chen, Taylor Hargrove, Jessica Polos, Thomas W. McDade
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/03014460.2024.2390834
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author Stephanie M. Koning
Jacob Aronoff
Shanting Chen
Taylor Hargrove
Jessica Polos
Thomas W. McDade
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description Background Adolescent violence victimisation is associated with a spectrum of adult social and behavioural health outcomes, including adverse mental health symptoms. However, underlying social stress mechanisms linking adolescent victimisation to adult cardiometabolic health remains poorly understood.Aim The current study aims to reveal how adolescent and adult interpersonal violence exposures each get “under the skin” to affect adult metabolic syndrome, including direct victimisation and, additionally, witnessing violence.Subjects and methods We use a nationally representative longitudinal cohort, the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, and leverage a quasi-experimental approach, propensity score matching regression analysis (n = 14,267).Results We find that adolescent violence exposure carries an enduring effect on young adult metabolic syndrome risk factor incidence and high-risk status, which is independent of young adult violence. Violence effects do not vary by sex or racial identity.Conclusion In sum, adolescent exposure to direct interpersonal violence significantly affects young adult cardiometabolic health in ways suggesting adolescence is a sensitive period for the onset of harmful cardiometabolic effects in early adulthood. Findings warrant future study of underlying pathways and how these effects shape social inequities in cardiometabolic health among U.S. adults broadly.
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spelling doaj-art-e2e17038720e4f189fdcdd9491cf00e42024-12-26T09:21:16ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAnnals of Human Biology0301-44601464-50332024-12-0151110.1080/03014460.2024.2390834Violence victimisation and young adult cardiometabolic health: the role of timing and social identityStephanie M. Koning0Jacob Aronoff1Shanting Chen2Taylor Hargrove3Jessica Polos4Thomas W. McDade5School of Public Health, University of NV, Reno, NV, USASchool of Human Evolution and Social Change, Center for Evolution and Medicine, AZ State University, Tempe, AZ, USADepartment of Psychology, University of FL, Gainesville, FL, USADepartment of Sociology, University of NC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USAMaster of Public Health Program, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USADepartment of Anthropology and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USABackground Adolescent violence victimisation is associated with a spectrum of adult social and behavioural health outcomes, including adverse mental health symptoms. However, underlying social stress mechanisms linking adolescent victimisation to adult cardiometabolic health remains poorly understood.Aim The current study aims to reveal how adolescent and adult interpersonal violence exposures each get “under the skin” to affect adult metabolic syndrome, including direct victimisation and, additionally, witnessing violence.Subjects and methods We use a nationally representative longitudinal cohort, the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, and leverage a quasi-experimental approach, propensity score matching regression analysis (n = 14,267).Results We find that adolescent violence exposure carries an enduring effect on young adult metabolic syndrome risk factor incidence and high-risk status, which is independent of young adult violence. Violence effects do not vary by sex or racial identity.Conclusion In sum, adolescent exposure to direct interpersonal violence significantly affects young adult cardiometabolic health in ways suggesting adolescence is a sensitive period for the onset of harmful cardiometabolic effects in early adulthood. Findings warrant future study of underlying pathways and how these effects shape social inequities in cardiometabolic health among U.S. adults broadly.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/03014460.2024.2390834Violencecardiometabolic healthmetabolic syndromelife courseadolescence
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Violence victimisation and young adult cardiometabolic health: the role of timing and social identity
Annals of Human Biology
Violence
cardiometabolic health
metabolic syndrome
life course
adolescence
title Violence victimisation and young adult cardiometabolic health: the role of timing and social identity
title_full Violence victimisation and young adult cardiometabolic health: the role of timing and social identity
title_fullStr Violence victimisation and young adult cardiometabolic health: the role of timing and social identity
title_full_unstemmed Violence victimisation and young adult cardiometabolic health: the role of timing and social identity
title_short Violence victimisation and young adult cardiometabolic health: the role of timing and social identity
title_sort violence victimisation and young adult cardiometabolic health the role of timing and social identity
topic Violence
cardiometabolic health
metabolic syndrome
life course
adolescence
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/03014460.2024.2390834
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