The value of dimensional models of early experience: Thinking clearly about concepts and categories

KA McLaughlin, MA Sheridan… - Perspectives on …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
We review the three prevailing approaches—specificity, cumulative risk, and dimensional
models—to conceptualizing the developmental consequences of early-life adversity and …

Annual research review: Early adversity, the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical axis, and child psychopathology

KJ Koss, MR Gunnar - Journal of Child Psychology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Research on early adversity, stress biology, and child development has grown
exponentially in recent years. Findings We review the current evidence for the hypothalamic …

Why and how does early adversity influence development? Toward an integrated model of dimensions of environmental experience

BJ Ellis, MA Sheridan, J Belsky… - Development and …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Two extant frameworks–the harshness-unpredictability model and the threat-deprivation
model–attempt to explain which dimensions of adversity have distinct influences on …

Hidden talents in harsh environments

BJ Ellis, LS Abrams, AS Masten… - Development and …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Although early-life adversity can undermine healthy development, children growing up in
harsh environments may develop intact, or even enhanced, skills for solving problems in …

Beyond risk and protective factors: An adaptation-based approach to resilience

BJ Ellis, JM Bianchi, V Griskevicius… - Perspectives on …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
How does repeated or chronic childhood adversity shape social and cognitive abilities?
According to the prevailing deficit model, children from high-stress backgrounds are at risk …

Examining the effects of household chaos on child executive functions: A meta-analysis.

K Andrews, L Atkinson, M Harris… - Psychological Bulletin, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Household chaos—characterized by disorganization and instability within the home—is
inversely associated with child executive functioning and effortful control, although a …

Executive functions in social context: Implications for conceptualizing, measuring, and supporting developmental trajectories

Y Munakata, LE Michaelson - Annual Review of Developmental …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Success in life is linked to executive functions, a collection of cognitive processes that
support goal-directed behaviors. Executive functions is an umbrella term related to cognitive …

Identifying pathways from early adversity to psychopathology: A review on dysregulated HPA axis functioning and impaired self-regulation in early childhood

C Wesarg, AL Van Den Akker, NYL Oei… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This article reviews the evidence for theoretical models postulating that early adversity can
set in motion a deleterious developmental cascade, involving changes in hypothalamic …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of household chaos and parental responsiveness on child executive functions: a novel, multi-method approach

K Andrews, JR Dunn, H Prime, E Duku, L Atkinson… - BMC psychology, 2021 - Springer
Background Executive functions can be adversely affected by contextual risks in the home
environment including chaos and parenting challenges. Furthermore, household chaos …

Testing the empirical integration of threat-deprivation and harshness-unpredictability dimensional models of adversity

M Usacheva, D Choe, S Liu, S Timmer… - Development and …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Recent dimensional models of adversity informed by a neurobiological deficit framework
highlights threat and deprivation as core dimensions, whereas models informed by an …