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Highly sensitive adolescents: The relationship between weekly life events and weekly socioemotional well‐being

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Recent research into Person × Environment interaction has supported the view that sensitivity to environmental influences is a susceptibility factor rather than a vulnerability factor. Given this perspective, this study examined the role of the adolescent's sensory-processing sensitivity in the context of weekly life events and weekly socioemotional well-being. In the study, 114 adolescents repeatedly self-reported their sensitivity, recent life events, and recent socioemotional well-being in four surveys at one-week intervals. The results suggested the shape of Sensitivity × Life Events interaction significantly varied from week to week, which is consistent with the vantage sensitivity and diathesis-stress framework. In specific weeks, adolescents with high sensitivity are more likely to benefit from positive events than those with low sensitivity. These sensitive adolescents can be described as developmentally susceptibility rather than vulnerability.

Source: British Journal of Psychology

DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12505

Author: Shuhei Iimura

Institutions: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, The University of Tokyo

Language: English

Topic: Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: University of Tokyo, Jewish General Hospital, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research