Bouwmeester, Melissa (2024) Adaptive-skills after early-life adversity: A systematic review. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The aim of this systematic review was to examine evidence for the presence of stress-adapted skills in people with a history of early-life adversity and to examine conditions under which these skills are manifested. The search was conducted in Web of Science and PsycINFO, including articles till October 23, 2023. The included articles study a non-clinical human population with a history of early-life adversity, and a comparison was made with a group/degree of early-life stress, or with a measurement condition mirroring the developmental environment of these children. For the included articles a quantitative and narrative description was given. The literature search identified 82 articles that were selected for further processing. Overall, different types of outcomes were found in the associations between early life stress and a variety of measures of functioning, including negative (74 articles), neutral (32 articles), and positive (12 articles) outcomes. In the included articles a variety of operationalisations for early-life stress was used. These types of early-life stress were found to have a positive and neutral association with diverse abilities. Besides, upon closer examination of the association between working memory and early-life stress, four articles found negative, four neutral, two positive, and six mixed results. Some of the positive and neutral outcomes were only manifested when the measurement condition mirrored the developmental environment. Overall, more empirical evidence is required for a thorough understanding of the factors influencing the emergence of these enhanced and intact abilities, and to pinpoint particular types of early-life stress contributing to such abilities. Keywords: early-life adversity, enhanced abilities, cognition, working memory, developmental environment.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Jeronimus, B.F. and Myroniuk Myroniuk, S. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Ontwikkelingspsychologie (O) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2024 07:15 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2024 07:15 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3376 |
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