Eine Studie zeigt, dass Kindheitstraumata nicht zwangsläufig zu schlechten Ergebnissen im Erwachsenenalter führen und dass es vielen Menschen, die Widrigkeiten erleben, noch Jahrzehnte danach gut geht
https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2026/03/childhood-trauma-doesnt-determine-your-future?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
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Afternoon r/science, sharing this study, our researchers have published in American Psychologist: https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2027-36658-001.html
The study mapped how adverse childhood experiences shape mental wellbeing across adulthood, finding that two-thirds of people maintained moderate to high wellbeing despite childhood trauma. By comparison, 85% of people who didn’t face childhood trauma stayed in the higher wellbeing group, suggesting that while adverse childhood experiences do have a negative impact, they don’t lock a child onto a difficult life-long path.
The study uses data from the TWIN-10 longitudinal study, which followed more than 1600 healthy, adult Australian twins at four time points over 12 years, between 2009 and 2024. The team measured 17 types of adverse childhood events, including adoption, extreme poverty and neglect, sustained family conflict, life-threatening illness, and domestic violence.
I think they already established something similar with the Otago study? Basically genetic predisposition to mental health issues plays a big role.
Anecdotally, external support has a big role to play too. I know people who grew up in hardship but with huge extended family support and they’re fine. Others didn’t suffer the worst things, but they’re non-functional because they had literally no help from anyone from a young age.
Everyone knows about PTSD but post traumatic growth is also a thing.
Didn’t really need this study to know this, but good to have some confirmation of my experience.
Well, yeah. If people have aupport they tend to be okay. Trauma isnt measured by the event alone, but the support you get afterward is what determines how you do.
I’m sorry, who—anywhere at all in science—claimed that trauma *INVARIABLY* leads to bad outcomes in adulthood?! This is silly.
Still waiting for the thriving to start.