Despite abundant evidence of the detrimental effects of childhood adversity, its nature and
underlying mechanisms remain contested. One influential theory, the dimensional model of …

Exposure to childhood adversity is common and associated with a host of negative
developmental outcomes. The most common approach used to examine the consequences …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 129 (4) of Journal
of Abnormal Psychology (see record 2020-27239-001). In the article, the indirect effects in …

There has been a shift in the study of childhood adversity towards a focus on dimensions of
adversity as opposed to a focus on cumulative risk or specific adversities. The Dimensional …

Recent neurodevelopmental and evolutionary theories offer strong theoretical rationales
and some empirical evidence to support the importance of specific dimensions of early …

Background The dimensional adversity model (McLaughlin & Sheridan, 2016) proposes that
deprivation and threat affect child development differently. However, empirical support for …

Here we describe the dimensional model of adversity and psychopathology (DMAP), a
conceptual model of how adversity comes to influence developmental outcomes, which …

Children who have experienced environmental adversity—such as abuse, neglect, or
poverty—are more likely to develop physical and mental health problems, perform poorly at …

Research on childhood adversity has traditionally focused on single types of adversity,
which is limited because of high co-occurrence, or on the total number of adverse …

Exposure to adversity in childhood is associated with elevations in numerous physical and
mental health outcomes across the life course. The biological embedding of early …