HSP and Differential Susceptibility
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Differential susceptibility is usually discussed in the context of children and the effects of different kinds of childhoods on adults: HSPs do better than others on various measures if they had a good childhood, but worse than others if they had a poor one. But we see differential susceptibility in a different light when it affects teaching people, whatever their childhoods, how to cope in various situations. Earlier I reported on a program in the U.K. for 11-year-old girls, designed to prevent them from becoming depressed after turning 12, which often happens. One year later, the results showed that the study had successfully prevented depression only in those girls scoring in the top third of the HSP Scale. Clearly those girls had processed the information in the program more thoroughly.
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bibliography
- Aron, Elaine. “Research Confirms Sensitivity Is About Depth of Processing: A Key Trait in the Highly Sensitive Is Noticing the Details of Life.” Psychology Today, June 30, 2024. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-highly-sensitive-person/202405/research-confirms-sensitivity-is-about-depth-of-processing.