adolescence using a nationally representative study. A key focus is on the experiences of maltreatment by adults, both for the … adolescent and his/her classmates. While all types of individual experiences with maltreatment reduce adolescent hopefulness …, maltreatment domains most likely to be visible (i.e physical abuse) by classmates also reduce adolescent hopefulness. This …

We test whether adverse childhood experiences - exposure to parental maltreatment and its indirect effect on health … and genetic factors. We find that maltreatment experiences are significantly and robustly associated with neuroticism … adolescent health could be one important pathway via which maltreatment affects adulthood personality. Maltreatment experiences …