A pattern in which prior adversity increases sensitivity to later psychological stress, such as a lower subsequent psychological stress level accompanying depression. Demonstrating the pattern does not by itself identify its mechanism or exclude differences in adversity exposure measurement and prior liability.[ref]
Depression and sensitization to stressors among young women as a function of childhood adversity by Constance Hammen and others. 2000, sensitization hypothesis and prospective test
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