Behavioral researchers have increasingly become interested in the idea that chronic, low-
grade inflammation is a pathway through which social and behavioral variables exert long …

Life history theory argues that exposure to early life adversity (ELA) accelerates
development, although existing evidence for this varies. We present a meta-analysis and …

Two extant frameworks–the harshness-unpredictability model and the threat-deprivation
model–attempt to explain which dimensions of adversity have distinct influences on …

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 …

Objective: Various sources of evidence suggest that men and women differ in their
experience of sexual pleasure. Such gender differences have been attributed to men's …

Trait stability and maturation are fundamental principles of contemporary personality
psychology and have been shown to hold across many cultures. However, it has proven …

In this paper we propose a model for examining personal identity development that moves
attention from a relatively exclusive examination of the individual to an examination of the …

In this target article, we argue that personality processes, personality structure, and
personality development have to be understood and investigated in integrated ways in order …

Music comprises a diverse category of cognitive phenomena that likely represent both the
effects of psychological adaptations that are specific to music (eg, rhythmic entrainment) and …

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 …