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Highly sensitive adolescents: The relationship between weekly life events and weekly socioemotional well‐being
Author(s) -
Iimura Shuhei
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/bjop.12505
Subject(s) - socioemotional selectivity theory , psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology
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 .