{"id":28,"date":"2013-01-13T01:40:27","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T01:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/secd-intro\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-07-08T15:45:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T15:45:35","slug":"cc03-individualpathways","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/secd-intro\/cc03-individualpathways\/","title":{"rendered":"CC 1.2 Individual Differences"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/strong>This page looks at the individual differences in stress reactivity and temperament. Children (and adults) respond to life’s challenges in very different ways. Adults play an important role in helping children to deal with stress and manage life’s ups and downs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responding to stress<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Three children at the library<\/strong>
Two-year-old Avery is at the library with her grandfather. They are watching a puppet show together with a dozen other children…Read more<\/a> <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Three children, the same age, living in the same neighbourhood, having the same experience – yet they respond quite differently. Each child’s reactions and responses are based on his or her arousal and recovery to an incoming stressor. They have individual self-regulation patterns.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

The late Sir Michael Rutter,\u00a0professor of Developmental Psychopathology at\u00a0King’s College London for many years, points to the importance of recognizing each child’s individuality. He explains it comes not just from genes, but from relationships with caregivers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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