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The Role of Context in the Development of Psychopathology: A Conceptual Framework and Some Speculative Propositions

Steinberg, Laurence, Avenevoli, Shelli·2000·Child Development
DOI 10.1111/1467-8624.00119
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Despite the explosion of studies assessing relations between various contextual factors and various forms of psychological disturbance, about the only firm conclusion one can draw regarding the environment's role in the development of psychopathology is that "bad" things have "bad" effects among some-but not all-people, some-but not all-of the time. We argue that extant research has confused two different roles of context and suggest that (1) environmental factors act as nonspecific stressors in the elicitation of psychopathology by provoking autonomic arousal, with specificity of expressed psychopathology governed by individual differences in endogenous factors; and that (2) context is specific in affecting the course of psychopathology by influencing the extent to which the behavioral, affective, or cognitive components of the pathology are repeated.

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  • Adjustment problems in children exposed to IPV should not be considered as a simple function of toxic environmental conditions.

    “The work conducted by El-Sheikh et al., (2013; 2009) is consistent with ecological (Mohr & Fantuzzo, 2000; Mohr et al., 2000) and contextual (Steinberg & Avenevoli, 2000) perspectives of developmental psychopathology documenting that adjustment problems in children who are exposed to IPV should not be considered as a simple function of toxic environmental conditions.”

    From A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON THE IMPACT OF EXPOSURE TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH (2014) · cites this paper as Steinberg & Avenevoli, 2000

  • Environmental factors seem to modulate the specific relationship between physiological activity patterns and health outcomes.

    “environmental factors seem to modulate the specific relationship between physiological activity patterns and health outcomes”

    From A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON THE IMPACT OF EXPOSURE TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH (2014) · cites this paper as Steinberg & Avenevoli, 2000

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Authors
Steinberg, L., & Avenevoli, S.
Affiliations
  • Temple University (US)
  • Yale University (US)
ORCID
Steinberg, Laurence
Venue
Child Development
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2000-01-01
Volume
71
Issue
1
Pages
66-74
ISSN
  • 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-8624
DOI
10.1111/1467-8624.00119
OpenAlex
W2034455896
Cited by
172
References
70
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 10
FWCI
9.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
  • Child Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
Keywords
psychopathology, contextual factors, environmental influences, autonomic arousal, individual differences, conceptual framework
MeSH terms
Affect, Mental Disorders, Cognition Disorders, Humans, Social Environment

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