Jennifer A. Sumner

Dimensions of early life adversity and accelerated biological aging in adolescents: an examination of fear-related mechanisms

Abstract Early life adversity (ELA), characterized by threat (experiences involving threat of harm), and not deprivation (absence of expected environmental inputs), has been associated with accelerated biological aging in youth. Although understanding of underlying processes is l...

Post‐traumatic Psychopathology and Cardiovascular Risk: A Danish Case–Control Study of Sex‐Specific Associations

Background There is increasing recognition that trauma exposure and related psychiatric consequences predict cardiovascular disease risk. However, most research has specifically examined post‐traumatic stress disorder—despite evidence that a range of psychiatric disorders may fol...