Teenagers who experienced childhood adversity (abuse, neglect, household dysfunction, exposure to violence) were more prone to generalizing fear and had a reduced ability to distinguish between threatening and safe cues. 🧠💔⚠️✨
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Childhood adversity linked to fear overgeneralization and reduced safety learning in teens
Research on adolescents exposed to early trauma reveals impaired fear learning: those with childhood adversity showed less ability to distinguish safety from threat and were more prone to overgeneralize fear, highlighting a possible pathway to future mental…