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Primate Evidence on the Late Health Effects of Early Life Adversity

Year: 2012

Type: report

Abstract: This paper exploits a unique ongoing experiment to analyze the effects of early rearing conditions on physical and mental health in a sample of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta).We analyze the health records of 231 monkeys which were randomly allocated at birth across three rearing conditions: Mother Rearing, Peer Rearing, and Surrogate Peer Rearing.We show that the lack of a secure attachment relationship in the early years engendered by adverse rearing conditions has detrimental long-term effects on health which are not compensated by a normal social environment later in life.

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research

DOI: 10.3386/w18002

Authors: Gabriella Conti, Christopher Hansman, James Heckman, Matthew Novak, Angela Ruggiero, Stephen Suomi

Institutions: University College Dublin, National Bureau of Economic Research, Central Oregon Community College, University of Chicago, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Columbia University

Language: English

Topic: Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies

Subfield: Small Animals

Field: Veterinary

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: American Bar Foundation, J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation, Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Institute for New Economic Thinking, National Institute on Aging

OpenAlex ID: W2126475641

Cites: 45

Cited by: 16

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