There is also evidence that genotype (e.g., D4 dopamine receptor variants) can interact with childhood adversity in determining choice impulsivity (Sweitzer et al., 2013).
(Carol, in response to fifth monthly contact sheet) It is not just the individual meaning of adversity that poses a problem for the first judgement (in determining resilience) but also that adversity in chronic illness is not necessarily a discrete event.
Our findings highlight the importance of genetic predisposition in determining the outcome of early life adversity.
Importantly, exact chronicling of patterns of childhood adversity and maltreatment is a precondition for accurate estimation of the role of genetic, neurobiological and psychological factors in determining developmental outcome.
Whether there is a direct enduring-type or an indirect revisionist-type set of effects of childhood adversities is determined by adversity class membership, exposure in preschool or school-age years, and gender.
TD: In a way, I sort of identify with the Russian dissident writer type, who, in spite of adversity, is determined to speak his mind.
However, in practice some researchers have compared measures such as wellbeing and quality of life before and after adversity to determine resilience.
We're watching people refusing to give up in the face of adversity, determined to wring every last scrap of joy from life while they still can.
Among adolescents in the adversity group, we determined the proportion exposed to violence-related, self-harm-related and drug or alcohol misuse-related injury at age 10 19 years, respectively.
In this model, it isn't the adversity alone that determines our emotions, but rather the beliefs we hold about the adversity that cause the consequent feelings.
