Cargando…
Rethinking Concepts and Categories for Understanding the Neurodevelopmental Effects of Childhood Adversity
Discovering the processes through which early adverse experiences affect children’s nervous-system development, health, and behavior is critically important for developing effective interventions. However, advances in our understanding of these processes have been constrained by conceptualizations t...
Autores principales: | , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
SAGE Publications
2020
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7809338/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32668190 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1745691620920725 |
_version_ | 1783637099452301312 |
---|---|
author | Smith, Karen E. Pollak, Seth D. |
author_facet | Smith, Karen E. Pollak, Seth D. |
author_sort | Smith, Karen E. |
collection | PubMed |
description | Discovering the processes through which early adverse experiences affect children’s nervous-system development, health, and behavior is critically important for developing effective interventions. However, advances in our understanding of these processes have been constrained by conceptualizations that rely on categories of adversity that are overlapping, have vague boundaries, and lack consistent biological evidence. Here, we discuss central problems in understanding the link between early-life adversity and children’s brain development. We conclude by suggesting alternative formulations that hold promise for advancing knowledge about the neurobiological mechanisms through which adversity affects human development. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-7809338 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2020 |
publisher | SAGE Publications |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-78093382021-01-26 Rethinking Concepts and Categories for Understanding the Neurodevelopmental Effects of Childhood Adversity Smith, Karen E. Pollak, Seth D. Perspect Psychol Sci Articles Discovering the processes through which early adverse experiences affect children’s nervous-system development, health, and behavior is critically important for developing effective interventions. However, advances in our understanding of these processes have been constrained by conceptualizations that rely on categories of adversity that are overlapping, have vague boundaries, and lack consistent biological evidence. Here, we discuss central problems in understanding the link between early-life adversity and children’s brain development. We conclude by suggesting alternative formulations that hold promise for advancing knowledge about the neurobiological mechanisms through which adversity affects human development. SAGE Publications 2020-07-15 2021-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7809338/ /pubmed/32668190 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1745691620920725 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Articles Smith, Karen E. Pollak, Seth D. Rethinking Concepts and Categories for Understanding the Neurodevelopmental Effects of Childhood Adversity |
title | Rethinking Concepts and Categories for Understanding the Neurodevelopmental Effects of Childhood Adversity |
title_full | Rethinking Concepts and Categories for Understanding the Neurodevelopmental Effects of Childhood Adversity |
title_fullStr | Rethinking Concepts and Categories for Understanding the Neurodevelopmental Effects of Childhood Adversity |
title_full_unstemmed | Rethinking Concepts and Categories for Understanding the Neurodevelopmental Effects of Childhood Adversity |
title_short | Rethinking Concepts and Categories for Understanding the Neurodevelopmental Effects of Childhood Adversity |
title_sort | rethinking concepts and categories for understanding the neurodevelopmental effects of childhood adversity |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7809338/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32668190 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1745691620920725 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT smithkarene rethinkingconceptsandcategoriesforunderstandingtheneurodevelopmentaleffectsofchildhoodadversity AT pollaksethd rethinkingconceptsandcategoriesforunderstandingtheneurodevelopmentaleffectsofchildhoodadversity |