Journal article
Personality characteristics of adult survivors of preterm birth and childhood sexual abuse
Abstract
BackgroundEarly life experiences may alter personality outcomes across the lifespan. Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) survivors appear to have a particular personality ‘type’ marked by increased levels of cautiousness and social conformity. It is, however, unclear if the experience of child sexual abuse (CSA) can alter this outcome.MethodsWe utilized data from a prospective, longitudinal, birth cohort of ELBW survivors to examine the …
Authors
Lund JI; Schmidt LA; Saigal S; Van Lieshout RJ
Journal
Personality and Individual Differences, Vol. 117, , pp. 101–105
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
October 2017
DOI
10.1016/j.paid.2017.05.028
ISSN
0191-8869