Surtees et al. (2010) investigated over 4,000 U.K. women ages 41–80 and found that adverse childhood experiences, such as physical abuse, being sent away from home, and parent divorce, were associated with shortened telomere length, with telomere size decreasing as the amount of adversity increased.

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  Stress, Lifestyle, and Health – Introduction to Psychology

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• Stress, Lifestyle, and Health – Introduction to Psychology open.maricopa.edu Maricopa Open Digital Press via serper

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• adverse childhood experiences concept
• United Kingdom location
• telomere length concept
• physical abuse concept