A new study highlights the severe long-term health implications of divorce on children, revealing that they are 60% more likely to experience a stroke in adulthood. This alarming statistic matches the risk levels of traditional factors such as gender and diabetes. The research analyzed data from over 13,000 older adults, linking childhood parental divorce not only to psychological issues but also to physical health risks like high blood pressure and sleep disorders, implicating the chronic stress response in these outcomes.
The magnitude of the association between parental divorce and stroke was comparable to well-established risk factors for stroke such as male gender and having diabetes.
Children of divorce are more likely to experience depression, distrust and low self-esteem, which can lead to troubles at school and social isolation.
The higher stroke risk could be due to chronic stress disrupting the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which controls the body's stress response.
Children of divorced parents are at increased risk for high blood pressure, sleep problems that persist into adulthood and childhood poverty.
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