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Journeys From Childhood to Midlife - Risk, Resilience, and Recovery (Hardcover)
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Journeys From Childhood to Midlife - Risk, Resilience, and Recovery (Hardcover)
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In a companion volume to their highly acclaimed book Overcoming the
Odds, Emmy E. Werner and Ruth S. Smith continue their longitudinal
study of approximately five hundred men and women who were born in
1955 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. A third of these individuals
had been considered "at risk" because of birth complications,
parental mental illness, family dysfunction, and adverse early
conditions such as poverty. Werner and Smith examine the long-term
impact of these influences on the individuals' later adaptation to
life.Drawing on data collected by a team of psychologists,
pediatricians, social workers, and public health nurses across four
decades, Werner and Smith chronicle the development of these men
and women from birth to midlife: infancy, early and middle
childhood, late adolescence, and early and middle adulthood. Their
book focuses on protective factors within the individual, the
extended family, and the community that allowed most of the men and
women to be successful and to be satisfied with their lives by age
forty. Most important, the authors document the remarkable
resilience and capacity for recovery displayed by the majority of
these baby boomers, who approached middle age as competent,
confident, and caring adults. Journeys from Childhood to Midlife
highlights key turning points in the third and fourth decades of
life, and shows why more women than men succeeded in overcoming the
odds. The work addresses the policy implications of the research
and the need to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of current
intervention programs for children.
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