Community threat, positive parenting, and accelerated epigenetic aging: Longitudinal links from childhood to adolescence

Metrailer G, Tavares K, Ver Pault M, Lopez A, Denherder S, Hernandez Valencia E, DiMarzio K, Highlander A, Merrill SM, Rojo-Wissar DM, Parent J. Community threat, positive parenting, and accelerated epigenetic aging: Longitudinal links from childhood to adolescence. Child Dev. 2026 Feb 27;97(1):9-20. doi: 10.1093/chidev/aacaf002. Erratum in: Child Dev. 2026 Mar 31:aacag056. doi: 10.1093/chidev/aacag056. PMID: 41757404; PMCID: PMC13046079.

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