reviewPsychological BulletinJan 1, 2009Closed access

Beyond diathesis stress: Differential susceptibility to environmental influences.

JBJay BelskyMPMichael Pluess

Birkbeck, University of London

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Abstract

Evolutionary-biological reasoning suggests that individuals should be differentially susceptible to environmental influences, with some people being not just more vulnerable than others to the negative effects of adversity, as the prevailing diathesis-stress view of psychopathology (and of many environmental influences) maintains, but also disproportionately susceptible to the beneficial effects of supportive and enriching experiences (or just the absence of adversity). Evidence consistent with the proposition that individuals differ in plasticity is reviewed. The authors document multiple instances in which (a) phenotypic temperamental characteristics, (b) endophenotypic attributes, and (c) specific genes…

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  • Diathesis–stress model
  • Diathesis
  • Psychopathology
  • Psychology
  • Dysfunctional family
  • Developmental psychology
  • Vulnerability (computing)
  • Cognitive psychology
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Life in Land
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