Individual Differences in Environmental Sensitivity

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 138-143

  Pluess, Michael ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental plasticity; Diathesis stress; Differential susceptibility; Environmental sensitivity; Resilience; Vantage sensitivity; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938741933     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12120     Document Type: Article

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