Risk and resilience : adaptations in changing times / by Ingrid Schoon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schoon, Ingrid, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Resilience (Personality trait).

Child development--Great Britain--Longitudinal studies.

Child development.

Children with social disabilities--Great Britain--Longitudinal studies.

Children with social disabilities.

Children with social disabilities--Education--Great Britain--Longitudinal studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 222 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Risk & Resilience

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What factors enable individuals to overcome adverse childhoods and move on to rewarding lives in adulthood? Drawing on data collected from two of Britain's richest research resources for the study of human development, the 1958 National Child Development Study and the 1970 British Cohort Study, this 2006 book investigates the phenomenon of 'resilience' - the ability to adjust positively to adverse conditions. Comparing the experiences of over 30,000 individuals born twelve years apart, Schoon examines the transition from childhood into adulthood and the assumption of work and family related roles among individuals born in 1958 and 1970 respectively. The study focuses on academic attainment among high and low risk individuals, but also considers behavioural adjustment, health and psychological well-being, as well as the stability of adjustment patterns in times of social change. This is a major work of reference and synthesis, that makes an important contribution to the study of lifelong development.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Foreword by Glen H. Elder, Jr; Preface by John Bynner; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Risk and resilience: definitions; 2 Towards a developmental-contextual systems model of adjustment; 3 Persisting inequalities in times of social change; 4 Selection, causation and cumulative risk effects; 5 Protective factors and processes; 6 Stability of early adjustment over time; 7 Personal goals and life plans; 8 Conclusions and outlook; 9 Implications of findings for interventions and social policy

Appendix A Two British Birth CohortsAppendix B Response rates and handling of missing data; Appendix C Description of variables used in the study; References; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-215) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-14930-4

0-521-54156-5

1-280-43715-4

0-511-16859-4

0-511-16757-1

0-511-31315-2

0-511-49013-5

0-511-16812-8

OCLC:

171138344