Award
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development 5R37HD058305-30
Social Relationship Qualities as Predictors of Health & Aging from Adolescence through Mid-Adulthood
Recipient
University of Virginia
Award Amount
$737,888.00
Ceiling
$737,888.00
Awarded
July 09, 2026
Identifier
5R37HD058305-30
A research project funded by NICHD to study the impact of adolescent social relationships on midlife health and aging using 25 years of longitudinal data.
Description
This project examines how social relationship qualities established in adolescence—such as experience of hostile conflict and absence of supportive relationships—are linked to midlife health and aging outcomes. Using longitudinal data over 25 years, it aims to predict midlife health from adolescent social relationships, assess mediational and weathering explanations, and explore biological and contextual mediators.