Accumulating research shows that prenatal exposure to maternal stress increases the risk
for behavioral and mental health problems later in life. This review systematically analyzes …

Drawing on both classic and current approaches, I propose a theory that integrates
motivation, personality, and development within one framework, using a common set of …

Research on coping during childhood and adolescence is distinguished by its focus on how
children deal with actual stressors in real-life contexts. Despite burgeoning literatures within …

Animals susceptible to chronic social defeat stress (CSDS) exhibit depression-related
behaviors, with aberrant transcription across several limbic brain regions, most notably in …

Recent conceptualisations of resilience have advanced the notion that it is a dynamic and
multifaceted construct. However, its adaptive components, especially those forged by …

Mental illnesses originate early in life, governed by environmental and genetic factors.
Because parents are a dominant source of signals to the developing child, parental signals …

Human neurodevelopment requires the organization of neural elements into complex
structural and functional networks called the connectome. Emerging data suggest that …

Highlights•RD children face significant risk for poor cognitive and socio-emotional
outcome.•Such children can display remarkable resilience in these domains.•Cognitive …

Exposure to prenatal and early-life stress results in alterations in neural connectivity and an
increased risk for neuropsychiatric disorders. In particular, alterations in amygdala …

Early life adversity remains a significant risk factor for the development of a host of negative
behavioural and pathological outcomes in adulthood long after the stressor is over. Recent …