While there are many possible applications of psychology to human life history strategies, a
common hypothesis is the adoption of “fast” life history strategies in response to …

There has been significant interest and progress in understanding the role of caregiver
unpredictability on brain maturation, cognitive and socioemotional development, and …

This research differentiated childhood unpredictability (ie, perceptions of uncertainty or
instability due to turbulent environmental changes) from other related constructs to identify …

Models of adaptive calibration provide an overarching theoretical framework for
understanding the developmental roots of psychological and behavioral outcomes in …

Early childhood experiences have been shown to be associated with narcissism. Life-history
theory suggests that early socioecological conditions may be especially impactful in shaping …

Many have pondered whether happiness is chiefly made of positive feelings and joy
(hedonism) or by acquiring meaning via self-actualization (eudaimonism). Drawing on life …

Background Childhood harshness and unpredictability significantly shape life history
strategies, as well as downstream psychological and behavioral patterns. However, prior …

In order to understand both developmental and proximal contributors to self-forgiveness, we
examined the simultaneous effects of childhood adversity (ie unpredictability and …

Because a majority of the world's population is religious and believes in some higher power,
it is important to understand what may facilitate or hinder religious psychological processes …

Consistent with adaptive calibration models, the current study provides evidence that levels
of unpredictability in childhood (assessed via disruptive changes in maternal employment …