A fundamental trait found in most organisms is the ability to register, process, and respond to
external factors. Although such environmental sensitivity is critical for adapting successfully …

Background: The development of Bronfenbrenner's bio‐social‐ecological systems model of
human development parallels advances made to the theory of resilience that progressively …

According to empirical studies and recent theories, people differ substantially in their
reactivity or sensitivity to environmental influences with some being generally more affected …

The notion that some people are more vulnerable to adversity as a function of inherent risk
characteristics is widely embraced in most fields of psychology. This is reflected in the …

Evolutionary-biological reasoning suggests that individuals should be differentially
susceptible to environmental influences, with some people being not just more vulnerable …

The now‐classic article “What Is Temperament? Four Approaches” by HH Goldsmith et
al.(1987) brought together originators of four prominent temperament theories—Rothbart …

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

Adolphs, R., and ML Spezio. 2006. Role of the amygdala in pro cess ing visual social stimuli.
Prog ress in Brain Research 156: 363–378. Ahmad A., J. Qahar, A. Siddiq, A. Majeed, J …

In a predominantly low-income, population-based longitudinal sample of 1,259 children
followed from birth, results suggest that chronic exposure to poverty and the strains of …

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 …