Research chronicling links between a polymorphism in the serotonin-transporter gene (5-
HTTLPR) and neuroticism has yielded inconsistent results. One possible explanation for this …

Sensitivity to environmental context has been of interest for many years, but the nature of
individual differences in environmental sensitivity has become of particular focus over the …

The association between family structure instability and children's life chances is well
documented, with children reared in stable, two-parent families experiencing more favorable …

Most studies of human molecular genetics and social environment interactions on health
have relied heavily on the classic diathesis-stress model that treats genetic variations and …

Background Depression risk increases during adolescent development, and individual
differences in neural sensitivity to peer feedback (rejection vs. acceptance) may be a key …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically altered the psychosocial environment of
pregnant women and new mothers. In addition, prenatal infection is a known risk factor for …

The current study assessed whether the proportion of childhood (age 0–9 years) in poverty
altered the developmental trajectories (ages 9–24) of multimethodological indicators of …

Background Stressful early life experience may have adverse consequences in adulthood
and may contribute to behavioral characteristics that increase vulnerability to alcoholism. We …

Evolutionary developmental psychology typically utilizes an evolutionary lens to explain
various phenomena that occur throughout development. In this paper, I argue that the …

Sleep patterns change dramatically across the earliest years of life and play an important
role in children's daytime functioning. As a result, psychological research has taken an …