Hidden dynamics of economic hardship: Characterizing economic unpredictability and its role on self-regulation in early childhood / Meriah L. DEJOSEPH in Development and Psychopathology, 38-2 (May 2026)  

Public ISBD [article]  inDevelopment and Psychopathology > 38-2 (May 2026) . - p.822-837 Titre : Hidden dynamics of economic hardship: Characterizing economic unpredictability and its role on self-regulation in early childhood Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Meriah L. DEJOSEPH, Auteur ; Nicole WALASEK, Auteur ; Sihong LIU, Auteur ; Ethan S. YOUNG, Auteur ; Abbie RAIKES, Auteur ; Marcus WALDMAN, Auteur ; Willem E. FRANKENHUIS, Auteur ; Philip FISHER, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.822-837 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Economic hardship  early childhood  environmental unpredictability  self-regulation Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Economic hardship is known to shape children’s self-regulation, yet little is understood about how fluctuations in hardship unfold over time and whether different patterns of unpredictability carry unique developmental consequences. Using a socioeconomically diverse sample, we tracked families’ subjective economic hardship across 15–36 monthly assessments and applied an environmental statistics framework to quantify four indices of unpredictability: changepoints in mean, changepoints in variance, coefficient of variation, and noise. PCA identified two distinct forms of economic unpredictability: one marked by frequent, unpredictable hardship, and another by infrequent but abrupt hardship. Economic unpredictability was disproportionately experienced by racially minoritized and lower-income families in our sample, reinforcing structural inequities in economic resources. Relations between these indices and caregiver-reported measures of family routines and day-to-day unpredictability were weak, suggesting wide heterogeneity in the ways families adapt to economic unpredictability. Leveraging propensity score methods, we isolated the effects of unpredictability from hardship severity, finding that both were associated with greater self-regulation challenges in early childhood, with the strongest effects for hardship severity. These findings underscore the importance of capturing economic hardship as a dynamic and multidimensional experience, with implications for policy efforts aimed at promoting stability in families’ access to resources over time. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579425100771 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=586 [article] Hidden dynamics of economic hardship: Characterizing economic unpredictability and its role on self-regulation in early childhood [texte imprimé] / Meriah L. DEJOSEPH, Auteur ; Nicole WALASEK, Auteur ; Sihong LIU, Auteur ; Ethan S. YOUNG, Auteur ; Abbie RAIKES, Auteur ; Marcus WALDMAN, Auteur ; Willem E. FRANKENHUIS, Auteur ; Philip FISHER, Auteur . - p.822-837. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Development and Psychopathology > 38-2 (May 2026) . - p.822-837 Mots-clés : Economic hardship  early childhood  environmental unpredictability  self-regulation Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Economic hardship is known to shape children’s self-regulation, yet little is understood about how fluctuations in hardship unfold over time and whether different patterns of unpredictability carry unique developmental consequences. Using a socioeconomically diverse sample, we tracked families’ subjective economic hardship across 15–36 monthly assessments and applied an environmental statistics framework to quantify four indices of unpredictability: changepoints in mean, changepoints in variance, coefficient of variation, and noise. PCA identified two distinct forms of economic unpredictability: one marked by frequent, unpredictable hardship, and another by infrequent but abrupt hardship. Economic unpredictability was disproportionately experienced by racially minoritized and lower-income families in our sample, reinforcing structural inequities in economic resources. Relations between these indices and caregiver-reported measures of family routines and day-to-day unpredictability were weak, suggesting wide heterogeneity in the ways families adapt to economic unpredictability. Leveraging propensity score methods, we isolated the effects of unpredictability from hardship severity, finding that both were associated with greater self-regulation challenges in early childhood, with the strongest effects for hardship severity. These findings underscore the importance of capturing economic hardship as a dynamic and multidimensional experience, with implications for policy efforts aimed at promoting stability in families’ access to resources over time. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579425100771 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=586

Hidden talents in harsh environments / Bruce J. ELLIS in Development and Psychopathology, 34-1 (February 2022)  

Public ISBD [article]  inDevelopment and Psychopathology > 34-1 (February 2022) . - p.95-113 Titre : Hidden talents in harsh environments Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Bruce J. ELLIS, Auteur ; Laura S. ABRAMS, Auteur ; Ann S. MASTEN, Auteur ; Robert J. STERNBERG, Auteur ; Nim TOTTENHAM, Auteur ; Willem E. FRANKENHUIS, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.95-113 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : adaptive intelligence  adjudicated youth  developmental adaptation to stress  educational interventions  neuroplasticity  resilience  stress-adapted skills Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Although early-life adversity can undermine healthy development, children growing up in harsh environments may develop intact, or even enhanced, skills for solving problems in high-adversity contexts (i.e., ?hidden talents?). Here we situate the hidden talents model within a larger interdisciplinary framework. Summarizing theory and research on hidden talents, we propose that stress-adapted skills represent a form of adaptive intelligence that enables individuals to function within the constraints of harsh, unpredictable environments. We discuss the alignment of the hidden talents model with current knowledge about human brain development following early adversity; examine potential applications of this perspective to multiple sectors concerned with youth from harsh environments, including education, social services, and juvenile justice; and compare the hidden talents model with contemporary developmental resilience models. We conclude that the hidden talents approach offers exciting new directions for research on developmental adaptations to childhood adversity, with translational implications for leveraging stress-adapted skills to more effectively tailor education, jobs, and interventions to fit the needs and potentials of individuals from a diverse range of life circumstances. This approach affords a well-rounded view of people who live with adversity that avoids stigma and communicates a novel, distinctive, and strength-based message. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579420000887 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=474 [article] Hidden talents in harsh environments [texte imprimé] / Bruce J. ELLIS, Auteur ; Laura S. ABRAMS, Auteur ; Ann S. MASTEN, Auteur ; Robert J. STERNBERG, Auteur ; Nim TOTTENHAM, Auteur ; Willem E. FRANKENHUIS, Auteur . - p.95-113. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Development and Psychopathology > 34-1 (February 2022) . - p.95-113 Mots-clés : adaptive intelligence  adjudicated youth  developmental adaptation to stress  educational interventions  neuroplasticity  resilience  stress-adapted skills Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Although early-life adversity can undermine healthy development, children growing up in harsh environments may develop intact, or even enhanced, skills for solving problems in high-adversity contexts (i.e., ?hidden talents?). Here we situate the hidden talents model within a larger interdisciplinary framework. Summarizing theory and research on hidden talents, we propose that stress-adapted skills represent a form of adaptive intelligence that enables individuals to function within the constraints of harsh, unpredictable environments. We discuss the alignment of the hidden talents model with current knowledge about human brain development following early adversity; examine potential applications of this perspective to multiple sectors concerned with youth from harsh environments, including education, social services, and juvenile justice; and compare the hidden talents model with contemporary developmental resilience models. We conclude that the hidden talents approach offers exciting new directions for research on developmental adaptations to childhood adversity, with translational implications for leveraging stress-adapted skills to more effectively tailor education, jobs, and interventions to fit the needs and potentials of individuals from a diverse range of life circumstances. This approach affords a well-rounded view of people who live with adversity that avoids stigma and communicates a novel, distinctive, and strength-based message. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579420000887 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=474

How does adversity relate to performance across different abilities within individuals? / Stefan VERMEENT ; Willem E. FRANKENHUIS ; Marissa D. NIVISON ; Jeffry A. SIMPSON ; Glenn I. ROISMAN in Development and Psychopathology, 37-4 (October 2025)  

Public ISBD [article]  inDevelopment and Psychopathology > 37-4 (October 2025) . - p.1859-1876 Titre : How does adversity relate to performance across different abilities within individuals? Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Stefan VERMEENT, Auteur ; Willem E. FRANKENHUIS, Auteur ; Marissa D. NIVISON, Auteur ; Jeffry A. SIMPSON, Auteur ; Glenn I. ROISMAN, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1859-1876 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : cognitive performance  harshness  principled exploration  unpredictability Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The idea that some abilities might be enhanced by adversity is gaining traction. Adaptation-based approaches have uncovered a few specific abilities enhanced by particular adversity exposures. Yet, for a field to grow, we must not dig too deep, too soon. In this paper, we complement confirmatory research with principled exploration. We draw on two insights from adaptation-based research: 1) enhanced performance manifests within individuals, and 2) reduced and enhanced performance can co-occur. Although commonly assumed, relative performance differences are rarely tested. To quantify them, we need a wide variety of ability measures. However, rather than using adaptive logic to predict which abilities are enhanced or reduced, we develop statistical criteria to identify three data patterns: reduced, enhanced, and intact performance. With these criteria, we analyzed data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development to investigate how adversity shapes within-person performance across 10 abilities in a cognitive and achievement battery. Our goals are to document adversity-shaped cognitive performance patterns, identify drivers of reduced performance, identify sets of "intact" abilities, and discover new enhanced abilities. We believe principled exploration with clear criteria can help break new theoretical and empirical ground, remap old territory, and advance theory development. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579424001433 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=567 [article] How does adversity relate to performance across different abilities within individuals? [texte imprimé] / Stefan VERMEENT, Auteur ; Willem E. FRANKENHUIS, Auteur ; Marissa D. NIVISON, Auteur ; Jeffry A. SIMPSON, Auteur ; Glenn I. ROISMAN, Auteur . - p.1859-1876. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Development and Psychopathology > 37-4 (October 2025) . - p.1859-1876 Mots-clés : cognitive performance  harshness  principled exploration  unpredictability Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The idea that some abilities might be enhanced by adversity is gaining traction. Adaptation-based approaches have uncovered a few specific abilities enhanced by particular adversity exposures. Yet, for a field to grow, we must not dig too deep, too soon. In this paper, we complement confirmatory research with principled exploration. We draw on two insights from adaptation-based research: 1) enhanced performance manifests within individuals, and 2) reduced and enhanced performance can co-occur. Although commonly assumed, relative performance differences are rarely tested. To quantify them, we need a wide variety of ability measures. However, rather than using adaptive logic to predict which abilities are enhanced or reduced, we develop statistical criteria to identify three data patterns: reduced, enhanced, and intact performance. With these criteria, we analyzed data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development to investigate how adversity shapes within-person performance across 10 abilities in a cognitive and achievement battery. Our goals are to document adversity-shaped cognitive performance patterns, identify drivers of reduced performance, identify sets of "intact" abilities, and discover new enhanced abilities. We believe principled exploration with clear criteria can help break new theoretical and empirical ground, remap old territory, and advance theory development. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579424001433 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=567

Improving research on developmental psychopathology with Registered Reports / Moin SYED in Development and Psychopathology, 38-2 (May 2026)  

Public ISBD [article]  inDevelopment and Psychopathology > 38-2 (May 2026) . - p.574-581 Titre : Improving research on developmental psychopathology with Registered Reports Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Moin SYED, Auteur ; Willem E. FRANKENHUIS, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.574-581 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Credibility  Registered Reports  replication crisis  reproducibility  transparency Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The quality of research across psychology needs improvement. Ample evidence has indicated that publication bias, specifically making publication decisions based on a study’s results, has led to a distorted literature (e.g., high rates of false positives). Registered Reports, which can now be submitted to Development and Psychopathology, are a recent publication format designed to combat publication bias and problematic research practices. The format represents a shift from a system in which publication decisions are based on the nature of the findings, to one that is based on the quality of the study conceptualization and design. In this invited Views article, we introduce the Registered Reports format to Development and Psychopathology by arguing that they can and should be used in developmental psychopathology research. We first describe what Registered Reports are and why they are useful. We then review 10 commonly expressed concerns about publishing Registered Reports – including that they are not appropriate for studies using preexisting data, that they do not allow for exploratory analyses, and that they take too long to publish – explaining why these concerns are unwarranted. We hope that this article will allay concerns about publishing Registered Reports, and that readers will submit them to Development and Psychopathology. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579425100552 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=586 [article] Improving research on developmental psychopathology with Registered Reports [texte imprimé] / Moin SYED, Auteur ; Willem E. FRANKENHUIS, Auteur . - p.574-581. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Development and Psychopathology > 38-2 (May 2026) . - p.574-581 Mots-clés : Credibility  Registered Reports  replication crisis  reproducibility  transparency Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The quality of research across psychology needs improvement. Ample evidence has indicated that publication bias, specifically making publication decisions based on a study’s results, has led to a distorted literature (e.g., high rates of false positives). Registered Reports, which can now be submitted to Development and Psychopathology, are a recent publication format designed to combat publication bias and problematic research practices. The format represents a shift from a system in which publication decisions are based on the nature of the findings, to one that is based on the quality of the study conceptualization and design. In this invited Views article, we introduce the Registered Reports format to Development and Psychopathology by arguing that they can and should be used in developmental psychopathology research. We first describe what Registered Reports are and why they are useful. We then review 10 commonly expressed concerns about publishing Registered Reports – including that they are not appropriate for studies using preexisting data, that they do not allow for exploratory analyses, and that they take too long to publish – explaining why these concerns are unwarranted. We hope that this article will allay concerns about publishing Registered Reports, and that readers will submit them to Development and Psychopathology. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579425100552 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=586

The role of social cognitions in the social gradient in adolescent mental health: A longitudinal mediation model / Gonneke W.J.M. STEVENS ; Margot PEETERS ; Kirsten VISSER ; Willem E. FRANKENHUIS ; Catrin FINKENAUER in Development and Psychopathology, 36-2 (May 2024)  

Public ISBD [article]  inDevelopment and Psychopathology > 36-2 (May 2024) . - p.953-966 Titre : The role of social cognitions in the social gradient in adolescent mental health: A longitudinal mediation model Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Gonneke W.J.M. STEVENS, Auteur ; Margot PEETERS, Auteur ; Kirsten VISSER, Auteur ; Willem E. FRANKENHUIS, Auteur ; Catrin FINKENAUER, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.953-966 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : adolescent mental health problems  longitudinal mediation  sense of control  social cognitions  socioeconomic status Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The social gradient in adolescent mental health is well established: adolescents' socioeconomic status is negatively associated with their mental health. However, despite changes in social cognition during adolescence, little is known about whether social cognitions mediate this gradient. Therefore, this study tested this proposed mediational path using three data waves, each 6 months apart, from a socioeconomically diverse sample of 1,429 adolescents (Mage = 17.9) in the Netherlands. Longitudinal modeling examined whether three social cognitions (self-esteem, sense of control, and optimism) mediated associations between perceived family wealth and four indicators of adolescent mental health problems (emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity, and peer problems). There was evidence of a social gradient: adolescents with lower perceived family wealth reported more concurrent emotional symptoms and peer problems and an increase in peer problems 6 months later. Results also showed evidence of mediation through social cognitions, specifically sense of control: adolescents with lower perceived family wealth reported a decrease in sense of control (though not self-esteem nor optimism) 6 months later, and lower sense of control predicted increases in emotional symptoms and hyperactivity 6 months later. We found concurrent positive associations between perceived family wealth and all three social cognitions, and concurrent negative associations between social cognitions and mental health problems. The findings indicate that social cognitions, especially sense of control, may be an overlooked mediator of the social gradient in adolescent mental health. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423000214 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=528 [article] The role of social cognitions in the social gradient in adolescent mental health: A longitudinal mediation model [texte imprimé] / Gonneke W.J.M. STEVENS, Auteur ; Margot PEETERS, Auteur ; Kirsten VISSER, Auteur ; Willem E. FRANKENHUIS, Auteur ; Catrin FINKENAUER, Auteur . - p.953-966. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Development and Psychopathology > 36-2 (May 2024) . - p.953-966 Mots-clés : adolescent mental health problems  longitudinal mediation  sense of control  social cognitions  socioeconomic status Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The social gradient in adolescent mental health is well established: adolescents' socioeconomic status is negatively associated with their mental health. However, despite changes in social cognition during adolescence, little is known about whether social cognitions mediate this gradient. Therefore, this study tested this proposed mediational path using three data waves, each 6 months apart, from a socioeconomically diverse sample of 1,429 adolescents (Mage = 17.9) in the Netherlands. Longitudinal modeling examined whether three social cognitions (self-esteem, sense of control, and optimism) mediated associations between perceived family wealth and four indicators of adolescent mental health problems (emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity, and peer problems). There was evidence of a social gradient: adolescents with lower perceived family wealth reported more concurrent emotional symptoms and peer problems and an increase in peer problems 6 months later. Results also showed evidence of mediation through social cognitions, specifically sense of control: adolescents with lower perceived family wealth reported a decrease in sense of control (though not self-esteem nor optimism) 6 months later, and lower sense of control predicted increases in emotional symptoms and hyperactivity 6 months later. We found concurrent positive associations between perceived family wealth and all three social cognitions, and concurrent negative associations between social cognitions and mental health problems. The findings indicate that social cognitions, especially sense of control, may be an overlooked mediator of the social gradient in adolescent mental health. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423000214 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=528

What is the expected human childhood? Insights from evolutionary anthropology / Willem E. FRANKENHUIS in Development and Psychopathology, 34-2 (May 2022)  

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