A developmentally informed perspective on the relation between stress and psychopathology: When the problem with stress is that there is not enough

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 80-92

  Liu, Richard T ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Life events; Psychopathology; Resilience; Steeling effect; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE STRESS; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RISK FACTOR; STEELING EFFECT; ANIMAL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84925621861     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/abn0000043     Document Type: Article

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