Receptive Language Abilities for Females Exposed to Early Life Adversity: Modification by Epigenetic Age Acceleration at Midlife in a 30-Year Prospective Cohort Study
Felt JM, Harrington KD, Ram N, O'Donnell KJ, Sliwinski MJ, Benson L, Zhang Z, Meaney MJ, Putnam FW, Noll JG, Shenk CE. Receptive Language Abilities for Females Exposed to Early Life Adversity: Modification by Epigenetic Age Acceleration at Midlife in a 30-Year Prospective Cohort Study. The Journals Of Gerontology Series B 2022, 78: 585-595. PMID: 36190812, PMCID: PMC10066744, DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbac158.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReceptive language abilityChild sexual abuseEarly life adversityLanguage abilityCognitive agingLife adversityPeabody Picture VocabularyPPVT-R scoresReceptive languageCognitive functioningPicture VocabularyComparison conditionNormative trajectoriesSexual abuseInterindividual differencesIndependent measuresMidlifeAdversityEpigenetic age accelerationDevelopment studiesQuadratic trendQuadratic growth modelAge accelerationEpigenetic agingAbility