An extensive literature on childhood adversity and neurodevelopment has emerged over the
past decade. We evaluate two conceptual models of adversity and neurodevelopment—the …

Life history theory argues that exposure to early life adversity (ELA) accelerates
development, although existing evidence for this varies. We present a meta-analysis and …

Discovering the processes through which early adverse experiences affect children's
nervous-system development, health, and behavior is critically important for developing …

Adversity early in life is common and is a major risk factor for the onset of psychopathology.
Delineating the neurodevelopmental pathways by which early adversity affects mental …

Meta-analytic, population cohort, prospective, and clinical studies provide systematic
evidence that child sexual abuse accounts for unique variation in several deleterious …

Experiencing adversity in childhood and adolescence, including stressful life events (SLEs),
may accelerate the pace of development, leading to adverse mental and physical health …

Despite the clear importance of a developmental perspective for understanding the
emergence of psychopathology across the life-course, such a perspective has yet to be …

Exposure to early-life adversity (ELA) is associated with elevated risk for depression and
anxiety disorders in adolescence. Identifying mechanisms through which ELA contributes to …

The mechanisms underlying the initiation of puberty, one of the cornerstones of human
evolution, have not been fully elucidated as yet. However, recently, an accumulating body of …

Psychosocial acceleration theory and other frameworks adapted from life history predict a
link between early life stress and accelerated maturation in several physiological systems …