Deprivation
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Where you live matters: visualizing environmental effects on reading attainment
Paper from the JCPP – ‘This study investigates the extent to which SES and geographical location interact to moderate the genetic and environmental components of reading attainment.’ Jeffrey A. Shero (pic) et al.
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Concurrent and prospective associations between family socioeconomic status, social support and salivary diurnal and hair cortisol in adolescence
Paper from the JCPP – ‘This study examined the role of stability and changes in family socioeconomic status (SES) in the prediction of multiple cortisol indicators and tested whether social support moderated these associations.’ Christina Y. Cantave (pic) et al.
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Effectiveness of nurse-home visiting in improving child and maternal outcomes prenatally to age two years: a randomised controlled trial (British Columbia Healthy Connections Project)
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘We investigated the effectiveness of Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), a prenatal-to-age-two-years home-visiting programme, in British Columbia (BC), Canada.’ Nicole L. A. Catherine (pic) et al.
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Annual Research Review: Early intervention viewed through the lens of developmental neuroscience
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘The overarching goal of this paper is to examine the efficacy of early intervention when viewed through the lens of developmental neuroscience. […] We conclude our article by discussing the implications our review has for policy, and we then offer recommendations for future research’. Charles A. Nelson et al.
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Socioeconomic disadvantage and high-effort coping in childhood: evidence of skin-deep resilience
Paper from the JCPP – ‘The current study hypothesized that skin-deep resilience – a pattern wherein socioeconomic disadvantage is linked to better mental health but worse physical health for individuals with John Henryism high-effort coping – is already present in childhood.’ Katherine B. Ehrlich (pic) et al.
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The adult outcome of childhood quasi-autism arising following extreme institutional deprivation
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘Here we provide the first detailed analysis of the adult outcomes of the group of institutionally deprived-then-adopted children identified as displaying quasi-autism.’ Maria Rodriguez-Perez et al.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 63, Issue 11, November 2022
Editorial: Accelerated epigenetic ageing as a consequence of early environmental adversity by Barbara Franke
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Dr. Gordana Milavić on World Mental Health Day 2021
Dr. Gordana Milavić on World Mental Health Day 2021
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City living and psychosis: Unpicking an old question using new data
Decades of research point towards a role of urban upbringing in mental health problems, particularly psychosis. Leading theories often refer to the “stress of the city” as a driving factor. Developments in fields spanning geography to genetics call for renewed attention on the topic.
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Nigerian young people from parentally deprived backgrounds show enhanced working memory capacity
Early adverse rearing can impair cognitive functions in all domains.1 However, those who take an evolutionary–developmental stance propose that there could be adaptive benefits associated with early adverse rearing.2,3
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