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Developmental Theory in Overview
resilience and supports. The child’s subjective experience of stress will
be due to some combination of his or her interpretation of events and/
or their objective severity, frequency, and duration. Regression can be
minimal, brief, and transitory, as when an otherwise macho teenager
curls up in his mother’s arms seeking comfort in the aftermath of his
first broken heart, or it can be profound and long-lasting, as is sometimes
the tragic outcome when a parent dies or in the aftermath of abuse,
grievous injury, or war. In some of these circumstances, regression
coincides with the appearance of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD;
see the related discussion of vicarious traumatization in chapter 17).
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