Several models of individual differences in environmental sensitivity postulate increased
sensitivity of some individuals to either stressful (diathesis-stress), supportive (vantage …

Background: It is a universal finding that there is huge heterogeneity in people's responses
to all kinds of stress and adversity. Resilience is an interactive phenomenon that is inferred …

This paper presents the Adaptive Calibration Model (ACM), an evolutionary–developmental
theory of individual differences in the functioning of the stress response system. The stress …

The concept of resilience has as its starting point the recognition that there is huge
heterogeneity in people's responses to all manner of environmental adversities. Resilience …

From a pioneering researcher, this book synthesizes the best current knowledge on
resilience in children and adolescents. Ann S. Masten explores what allows certain …

Two extant evolutionary models, biological sensitivity to context theory (BSCT) and
differential susceptibility theory (DST), converge on the hypothesis that some individuals are …

We provide a theoretical and empirical basis for the claim that individual differences exist in
developmental plasticity and that phenotypic plasticity should be a subject of study in its own …

Evidence that adverse rearing environments exert negative effects particularly on children
and adults presumed “vulnerable” for temperamental or genetic reasons may actually reflect …

Highlights•Emotion dysregulation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of risky
behaviors.•Difficulties regulating negative and positive emotions are related to risky …

Childhood adversity (CA) is associated with increased risk for physical and mental health
problems, with alterations in vagal regulation (an aspect of autonomic functioning indexed …