Interviews were analyzed using the framework analysis method, with reference to the conceptual model of altruism born of suffering. Method: Semi-structured interviews (60–120 min) were conducted with N = 29 Irish (older) adult survivors of childhood adversity: n = 12 intrafamilial survivors (mean age: 58 years, range: 51–72), n = 17 institutional survivors (mean age: 61 years, range: 50–77). Two adversity contexts (intrafamilial and extrafamilial) were compared to explore individual, as well as broader cultural and contextual mechanisms linking childhood adversity and later life prosocial behavior. Therefore, this study aimed to examine older adult's experiences of childhood adversity and identify mechanisms linked to prosocial behavior. However, little is known about the link between childhood adversity and later life prosocial behavior, with a particular scarcity of research on intrafamilial childhood adversity. Objective: Although childhood adversity can have lasting effects into later life, positive adaptations have also been observed, including an increased tendency toward prosocial behavior. 4Clanwilliam Institute, Dublin, Ireland.
3School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.2University Research Priority Program “Dynamics of Healthy Aging”, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.1Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention, Institute of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.Salas Castillo 1,2, Alan Carr 3,4 and Myriam V.
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