Overcoming the Odds : High Risk Children from Birth to Adulthood /

Overcoming the Odds looks closely at the lives of an ethnically diverse group of 505 men and women who were born in 1955 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai and who have been monitored from the prenatal period through early adulthood by psychologists, pediatricians, public health professionals, and soci...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Werner, Emmy E. (Autor), Smith, Ruth S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Children > Hawaii > Kauai > Longitudinal studies.
Children with social disabilities > Hawaii > Kauai > Longitudinal studies.
Life change events > Hawaii > Kauai > Longitudinal studies.
Enfants socialement défavorisés > Hawaii > Kauai (Île) > Études longitudinales.
Événements stressants de la vie > Hawaii > Kauai (Île) > Études longitudinales.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Child.
Children
Children with social disabilities
Life change events
Hawaii > Kauai
Longitudinal studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Context of the Study
  • 3. Ordinary People
  • 4. The Resilient Children in Adulthood
  • 5. Teenage Mothers in Later Years
  • 6. Delinquents with and without Records of Adult Crimes
  • 7. Mental Health Problems: Troubled Youths Grown Up
  • 8. Stressful Events in Childhood and Youth and Adult Adaptation
  • 9. Protective Factors and Adult Adaptation
  • 10. Summing Up
  • Appendixes
  • References
  • Index

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