The long shadow cast by childhood physical and mental problems on adult life

Psychological and physical health problems in childhood were associated with long-term impact on adult socioeconomic status. Psychological health disorders during childhood were found to be more important over a lifetime than physical health problems. Affected were adult family income levels, marriage stability and personality traits (conscientiousness, agreeableness components of the “Big Five” personality traits).
Goodman A, et al. , The long shadow cast by childhood physical and mental problems on adult life. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA [Epub ahead of print, March 28, 2011, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1016970108 ].
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/03/14/1016970108.abstract