Evolutionary-biological reasoning suggests that individuals should be differentially
susceptible to environmental influences, with some people being not just more vulnerable …

This review focuses on positive aspects of well‐being, or flourishing. It examines evidence
for the causes of positive well‐being and also its consequences, including beneficial effects …

A scientific consensus is emerging that the origins of adult disease are often found among
developmental and biological disruptions occurring during the early years of life. These …

The personality trait of neuroticism refers to relatively stable tendencies to respond with
negative emotions to threat, frustration, or loss. Individuals in the population vary markedly …

Scholarly and comprehensive yet accessible, this state-of-the-science work is widely
regarded as the definitive graduate-level psychology of religion text. The authors synthesize …

This report calls on the nation—its leaders, its mental health research and service provision
agencies, its schools, its primary care medical systems, its community-based organizations …

Over the past several decades, research has focused increasingly on developmental
precursors to psychological disorders that were previously assumed to emerge only in …

Every individual experiences stressful life events. In some cases acute or chronic stress
leads to depression and other psychiatric disorders, but most people are resilient to such …

How do people cope with stressful experiences? What makes a coping strategy effective for
a particular individual? This volume comprehensively examines the nature of psychosocial …

A major challenge in current biology is to understand the genetic basis of variation for
quantitative traits. We review the principles of quantitative trait locus mapping and …