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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge books onlinePublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 222 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511490132
  • 0511490135
  • 0511169027
  • 9780511169021
  • 0511167571
  • 9780511167577
  • 0511168128
  • 9780511168123
  • 0511168594
  • 9780511168598
  • 0521833744
  • 9780521833745
  • 0521541565
  • 9780521541565
  • 0511313152
  • 9780511313158
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Risk and resilience.DDC classification:
  • 155.2/4 22
LOC classification:
  • BF698.35.R47 S36 2006eb
Other classification:
  • 77.53
  • CQ 9000
  • PSY 370f
Online resources:
Contents:
Risk and resilience : definitions -- Towards a developmental-contextual systems model of adjustment -- Persisting inequalities in times of social change -- Selection, causation and cumulative risk effects -- Protective factors and processes -- Stability of early adjustment over time -- Personal goals and life plans -- Conclusions and outlook -- Implications of findings for interventions and social policy -- Appendix A : two British birth cohorts -- Appendix B : response rates and handling of missing data -- Appendix C : description of variables used in the study.
Summary: Ingrid Schoon investigates the phenomenon of 'resilience', the ability to adjust positively to adverse conditions. She 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-215) and index.

Risk and resilience : definitions -- Towards a developmental-contextual systems model of adjustment -- Persisting inequalities in times of social change -- Selection, causation and cumulative risk effects -- Protective factors and processes -- Stability of early adjustment over time -- Personal goals and life plans -- Conclusions and outlook -- Implications of findings for interventions and social policy -- Appendix A : two British birth cohorts -- Appendix B : response rates and handling of missing data -- Appendix C : description of variables used in the study.

Ingrid Schoon investigates the phenomenon of 'resilience', the ability to adjust positively to adverse conditions. She 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.

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