Stress, Risk, and Resilience in Children and Adolescents: Processes, Mechanisms, and Interventions [Paperback]

Robert J. Haggerty (Editor), Lonnie R. Sherrod (Editor), Norman Garmezy (Editor), Michael Rutter (Editor)

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Publication Date: September 28, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0521576628 | ISBN-13: 978-0521576628 | Edition: 1

Many children's behavioral problems have multiple causes, and most children with one problem behavior also have others. The co-occurence and interrelatedness of risk factors and problem behavior is certainly an important area of research. This volume recognizes the complexity of the developmental processes that influence coping and resilience and the roles sociocultural factors play. The contributors focus on four themes that have emerged in the study of risk and coping over the past decade: interrelatedness of risk and problems, individual variability in resilience and susceptibility to stress, processes and mechanisms linking multiple stressors to multiple outcomes, and interventions and prevention. Psychologists, pediatricians, and others involved in the research or care of children will take great interest in this text.

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"...this is a unique work that provides a comprehensive overview of the research accomplished to date on stress, coping, and resilience in children and adolescents....it provides a foundation for pediatric psychologists as they attempt to understand the unique stressors associated with illness, disease, and other adversities that children are compelled to endure. The book is required reading for any pediatric psychologist or scholar who is interested in a program of research on stress, coping, and resilience." Ronald Brown and Joan E. Donegan, Journal of Pediatrics

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The contributors focus on four themes that have emerged in the study of risk and coping over the past decade; interrelatedness of risk and problems, individual variability in resilience and susceptibility to stress, processes and mechanisms linking multiple stressors to multiple outcomes, and interventions and prevention.

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• Paperback: 444 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (September 28, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521576628
• ISBN-13: 978-0521576628
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This review is from: Stress, Risk, and Resilience in Children and Adolescents: Processes, Mechanisms, and Interventions (Paperback)

This book is a must for everyone who works in the field with teenagers. Its various authors present aspects of their feelings, and recognize difficulties that are necessary to take into consideration when we need to evaluate their conducts and plan an intervention.
It presents the evolution of concepts on adolescents, introducing the consideration of mourning, and bereavement. It stresses the ways of coping that will foster resilience in children protective factor to allow those abused and mistreated to turn into healthier adults.
The diversity of Scientifics and the aspects of young behavior they show us will certainly change the public representation of the problems that concerns young people and the ways to relate with them