For the last five decades, science has managed to delineate the mechanisms by which
stress hormones can impact on the human brain. Receptors for glucocorticoids are found in …

Research examining the relationship between work stress and well-being has flourished
over the past 20 years. At the same time, research on physiological stress processes has …

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 …

Emotion regulation involves a coherent relationship with the self, specifically effective
communication between body, mind, and feelings. Effective emotion regulation involves the …

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 …

Resilience science is quintessential developmental psychopathology because it focuses on
variation among individuals in relation to their experiences as they adapt and develop …

The assumption that early stress leads to dysregulation and impairment is widespread in
developmental science and informs prevailing models (eg, toxic stress). An alternative …

Here we present a theory of human trauma and chronic stress, based on the practice of
Somatic Experiencing®(SE), a form of trauma therapy that emphasizes guiding the client's …

Background: Through a process of probabilistic epigenesis, child maltreatment
progressively contributes to compromised adaptation on a variety of developmental domains …

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 …