Socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with children's brain and behavioral
development. Several theories propose that early experiences of adversity or low SES can …

Major life stressors, especially those involving interpersonal stress and social rejection, are
among the strongest proximal risk factors for depression. In this review, we propose a …

A now substantial body of science implicates a dynamic interplay between genetic and
environmental variation in the development of individual differences in behavior and health …

The state is increasingly experienced as both intrusive and neglectful, particularly by those
living in poverty, leading to loss of trust and widespread feelings of alienation and …

Childhood poverty has pervasive negative physical and psychological health sequelae in
adulthood. Exposure to chronic stressors may be one underlying mechanism for childhood …

During the latter half of the twentieth century, an explosion of research elucidated a growing
number of causes of disease and contributors to health. Biopsychosocial models that …

In Biocultural Creatures, Samantha Frost brings feminist and political theory together with
findings in the life sciences to recuperate the category of the human for politics. Challenging …

Rationale Intergenerational trauma refers to emotional and psychological wounding that is
transmitted across generations. Latinxs—individuals who have migrated from Latin America …

Although we generally experience our bodies as being biologically stable across time and
situations, an emerging field of research is demonstrating that external social conditions …

Setting ACEs research in the broader context of the social determinants of health and the
biology of social adversity helps address the serious limitations that result from extrapolating …