Who do you turn to when your world turns upside down? Life events happen to everyone. The difference between those who become system involved and those who don’t is often the presence of a well-resourced survival partner.

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References and suggested reading/listening:

Peer Reviewed Scholarly Publications

Coplan, J. D., Gupta, N. K., Karim, A., Rozenboym, A., Smith, E. L. P., Kral, J., & Rosenblum, L. A. (2017). Maternal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response to foraging uncertainty: A model of individual vs. social allostasis and the “superorganism hypothesis.” PLoS ONE, 12(9), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0184340

Coplan, J. D., Paunica, A. D., & Rosenblum, L. A. (2008). Neuropsychobiology of the Variable Foraging Demand Paradigm in Nonhuman Primates. In J. M. Gorman (Ed.), Fear and Anxiety: The Benefits of Translational Research (pp. 47–60). American Psychiatric Publishing, Incorporated.

Coplan, J. D., Rozenboym, A. V., Fulton, S. L., Panthangi, V., Tang, J., Thiramangalakdi, L., Perera, T. D., Liu, Y., Kamran, H., Owens, M. J., Nemeroff, C. B., Rosenblum, L. A., Kral, J. G., Salciccioli, L., & Lazar, J. (2018). Reduced left ventricular dimension and function following early life stress: A thrifty phenotype hypothesis engendering risk for mood and anxiety disorders. Neurobiology of Stress, 8, 202–210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2017.01.001

Ellis, B. J., Bianchi, J., Griskevicius, V., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2017). Beyond Risk and Protective Factors: An Adaptation-Based Approach to Resilience. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12(4), 561–587. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691617693054

Ellis, B. J., Del Giudice, M., Dishion, T. J., Figueredo, A. J., Gray, P., Griskevicius, V., Hawley, P. H., Jacobs, W. J., James, J., Volk, A. A., & Wilson, D. S. (2012). The evolutionary basis of risky adolescent behavior: implications for science, policy, and practice. Developmental Psychology, 48(3), 598–623. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0026220

Ellis, B. J., Figueredo, A. J., Brumbach, B. H., & Schlomer, G. L. (2009). Fundamental dimensions of environmental risk: The impact of harsh versus unpredictable environments on the evolution and development of life history strategies. In Human Nature (Vol. 20, Issue 2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-009-9063-7

Kaufman, D., Banerji, M. A., Shorman, I., Smith, E. L. P., Coplan, J. D., Rosenblum, L. A., & Kral, J. G. (2007). Early-life stress and the development of obesity and insulin resistance in juvenile bonnet macaques. Diabetes, 56(5), 1382–1386. https://doi.org/10.2337/db06-1409

Mokler, D. J., Galler, J. R., & Morgane, P. J. (2003). Modulation of 5-HT release in the hippocampus of 30-day-old rats exposed in utero to protein malnutrition. Developmental Brain Research, 142(2), 203–208. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-3806(03)00093-2

Provençal, N., Booij, L., & Tremblay, R. E. (2015). The developmental origins of chronic physical aggression : biological pathways triggered by early life adversity. 123–133. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.111401

Rushmore, R. J., McGaughy, J. A., Mokler, D. J., & Rosene, D. L. (2022). The enduring effect of prenatal protein malnutrition on brain anatomy, physiology and behavior. Nutritional Neuroscience, 25(7), 1392–1399. https://doi.org/10.1080/1028415X.2020.1859730

Simpson, J. a., Griskevicius, V., Kuo, S. I.-C., Sung, S., & Collins, W. A. (2012). Evolution, stress, and sensitive periods: The influence of unpredictability in early versus late childhood on sex and risky behavior. Developmental Psychology, 48(3), 674–686. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027293

Stevens, H. E., Leckman, J. F., Coplan, J. D., & Suomi, S. J. (2009). Risk and resilience: Early manipulation of macaque social experience and persistent behavioral and neurophysiological outcomes. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 48(2), 114–127. https://doi.org/10.1097/CHI.0b013e318193064c

Weaver, I. C. G., Cervoni, N., Champagne, F. A., D’Alessio, A. C., Sharma, S., Seckl, J. R., Dymov, S., Szyf, M., & Meaney, M. J. (2004). Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior. Nature Neuroscience, 7(8), 847–854. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1276

Podcasts and Interviews

Specialized: The Unique Strengths of Stress-Adapted Youth with Willem Frankenhuis

All Together Now: How stress is shared through our communities and what we can do to ease it with Dr Jeremy Coplan

The Lasting Effects of Food Insecurity in Early Childhood a conversation with Dr. Jeremy Coplan

Media credit (photo/video/audio/animation) Sincere thanks to the following artists

Thumbnail Image - Well-resourced Survival Partner elements - Kellie Rhodes

Person pulling hair – Flexx, Storyblocks

YASI- https://ottawacountyyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-YAS-QUESTIONNAIRE-FINAL-2021.09.15-1.pdf

CJRA- https://cdpsdocs.state.co.us/ccjj/Committees/JuvenileTF/Handout/RiskAssessment/03-CJRA_Full_Screen.pdf

Person almost drowning – istock.com/urbazon

Person walking on shore – Wavebreak Media, Storyblocks

Boys fighting in alley – istock.com/Synthetic-Exposition (Stock video. Posed by models)

Grandparents in short-term survival bodystate – Oles Ishchuk, Storyblocks (Stock video. Posed by Models)

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