Child Adversity Personal Statement

Child adversity is a universal issue that weakens the brains architecture and impairs the child’s development in the long run. My focus lies in two areas.The first area is understanding the causal factors such as early experiences and environmental factors that lead to child adversity and the second area is discovering the potential threats to the well-being of the person in the long run. Thus these are the objectives to my graduate studies.

My interest lies in psychology of child adversity due to three reasons. The first reason is that I'm fascinated to understand the remarkable progress of the child at the early stages of development which is the most crucial stage that could also lead to adversities.The second reason that triggered me to apply to this course was the need to understand the ongoing child adversities in my country which could be achieved through receiving an advanced knowledge about child adversity in a global perspective.The third reason is the human development subject that I took in my undergraduate program which gave an overview of child adversity . This subject enhanced my curiosity in child development and adversities related to it.

I am a graduate of humanities with a triple major degree consisting of psychology, economics and sociology.My undergraduate program provides me a strong understanding about the human
The first one is to work as a child psychologist specializing in child adversity. My keen interests in this career will be in getting to know the unique personalities of children, understanding the adversities they have undergone, impact of these adversities on them and helping them in a way which is best suitable for them. The second one is to conduct two research studies. The first one is to understand how a similar adversity can have a varied effect on children with individual differences and the second research study is to understand the changes in child adversities across