Child Maltreatment Solutions Network at Penn State
project

Intergenerational transmission of trauma? Testing cellular aging in mothers exposed to sexual abuse and their children

Intergenerational transmission of trauma? Testing cellular aging in mothers exposed to sexual abuse and their children

The overarching goal is to test the hypothesis of intergenerational transmission of trauma by measuring cellular aging in both mothers and children, members of the Female Growth and Development Study. Specifically, we are testing telomere length in mothers exposed to sexual abuse, control mothers, and their children.

Research Team

Profile photo for Idan Shalev, Ph.D.
Idan Shalev, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health

Mark T. Greenberg Early Career Professor for the Study of Children's Health and Development