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 …

Abstract Environmental enrichment (“EE”) is expected to alleviate the negative effects of
stress on cognitive performance. However, there are complexities associated with …

Exposure to environmental enrichment can beneficially influence the behavior and enhance
synaptic plasticity. The aim of the present study was to investigate the mediated effects of …

Chronic stress is a major risk factor for depression. Interestingly, not all individuals develop
psychopathology after chronic stress exposure. In contrast to the prevailing view that stress …

During adolescence, a positive outlook toward the future (ie, future orientation) can protect
youth from the risks conferred by childhood adversity. Research to date, however, has …

Several studies have shown that manipulations to the housing environment modulate
susceptibility to stress in laboratory animals, mainly in rodents. Environmental enrichment …

Waddington coined the term “epigenetic” to attempt to explain the complex, dynamic
interactions between the developmental environment and the genome that led to the …

Rationale Despite substantial research efforts the aetiology of major depressive disorder
(MDD) remains poorly understood, which is due in part to the heterogeneity of the disorder …

Stress exposure can produce profound changes in physiology and behavior that can impair
health and well-being. Of note, stress exposure is linked to anxiety disorders and depression …

Stress is ubiquitous and thus, not surprisingly, many hypotheses and models have been
created to better study the role stress plays in life. Stress spans fields and is found in the …