Developmental Adaptation to Stress: An Evolutionary Perspective

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2019, Pages 111-139

  Ellis, Bruce J ^a   Del Giudice, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood stress; developmental plasticity; developmental programming; differential susceptibility; evolution; life history theory; puberty; stress response systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOSTASIS; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLOSTASIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; PUBERTY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85056203684     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-122216-011732     Document Type: Review

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