The Connections of Different Experience in Childhood with Later Adulthood’s Health, Family Health, Emotion Regulation and Coping Strategies
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Adverse Childhood Experience, Positive Childhood Experience, Working Memory, Emotion Regulation, Coping StrategiesAbstract
Metal health issues, problematic family relationships, and difficulties in maintaining a stable emotion have become increasingly common in nowadays society-these issues not only influence individuals’ daily live but also brings negative effect to social well-being, which makes it critical to explore the underlying causes. Different related research indicates that childhood experience acts as a key contributing factor, and this literature review is going to indicate how it connects to adulthood heath, family health, emotion regulation, and copying strategies. After analyzing different related research, adverse childhood experiences can be regarded as having a negative correlation with longterm impacts on adult’s physical and mental health, family relationship, emotional regulation, brain development and methods of problem-solving. While positive childhood experiences can act as a protective factor that enhances emotional resilience, health outcomes, and family health in adulthood. As a result, childhood can not only be simply seen as an experience in one’s life but an important period that can shape lifelong development. By knowing the significant of childhood experience, individuals should nurture positive childhood experiences and avoid emotional neglect and other mental harms that leads to adverse childhood experience.
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