Resilience and Vulnerability :Adaptation in the Context of Childhood Adversities

Publication subTitle :Adaptation in the Context of Childhood Adversities

Author: Suniya S. Luthar  

Publisher: Cambridge University Press‎

Publication year: 2003

E-ISBN: 9780511057496

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780521807012

Subject: B844.1 儿童心理学

Keyword: 心理学

Language: ENG

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Resilience and Vulnerability

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Integrated in this book are contributions from leading scientists who have each studied children's adjustment across risks common in contemporary society. Chapters in the first half of the book focus on risks emanating from the family; chapters in the second half focus on risks stemming from the wider community. All contributors have explicitly addressed a common set of core themes, including the criteria they used to judge 'resilience' within particular risk settings, the major factors that predict resilience in these settings; the limits to resilience (vulnerabilities coexisting with manifest success); and directions for interventions. In the concluding chapter, the editor integrates evidence presented through all preceding chapters to distill (a) substantive considerations for future research, and (b) salient directions for interventions and social policies, based on accumulated research knowledge.

Chapter

2 Young Children with Mentally Ill Parents

RELILIENCE MODELS: APPLICATION TO THE FIRST YEARS OF LIFE

RESEARCH FINDINGS

Child Emotion Processing

Attachment

Infant Negativity

Parenting Behavior

Parenting Sensitivity

Other Parenting Behavior

Parent Emotion Processing

Parent Cognitions about the Self and the Child

Attributions about the Child

Feelings about the Child

Attributions about the Self

SUMMARY AND INTEGRATION

Developmental Models

Inferences Regarding Prevention

Early Development and Resilience Models

References

3 Risk and Protective Factors for Children of Depressed Parents

NEGATIVE OUTCOMES OF CHILDREN OF DEPRESSD PARENTS

Defining Constructs in Studies of Children of Depressed Parents

Outcomes of Children of Depressed Parents

Studies of Infants and Young Children

Studies of School-Age Children and Adolescents

VOLNERABILITY AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR CHILDREN AT RISK FOR DEPRESSION

Mediators of Risk

Genetic and Biological Risk Factors

Quality of the Parent–Child Relationship

Marital Factors and Children’s Risk

Stressful Life Events and Conditions

Vulnerability and Protective Factors

Protective/Risk Factors in Main Effects Analyses

Interaction Models to Predict Resilience in High-Risk Children

LIMITS OF RESILIENT ADAPTATION

CURRENT LIMITATIONS AND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH

Defining Depression

Children’s Outcomes

Conceptual and Empirical Challenges

IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERVENTIONS AND SOCIAL POLICIES

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

Note

References

4 Resilience and Vulnerability among Sons of Alcoholics

INTRODUCTION

ADAPTATION IN THE FACE OF DIFFERING LEVELS OF ADVERSITY: A 2×2 MATRIX

TRACKING VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE IN A PROSPECTIVE LONGITUDINAL STUDY

ASSESSING ADAPTATION AND ADVERSITY

Adaptation

Family Adversity Indicators I

Family Adversity Indicators II

Family Adversity Index

Behavioral Problems

Temperament

Intellectual Functioning

Academic Achievement

Self-Esteem

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHILDREN IN THE PRESCHOOL YEARS

DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES FROM CHILDHOOD TO EARLY ADOLESCENCE: DIFFERING TRAJECTORIES

Behavioral Problems

Intellectual Functioning

Temperament

Self-Esteem

Academic Achievement

RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESILIENCE

CONCLUSIONS

A Longer-Term Developmental Perspective on the Findings

Conclusions and Implications for Prevention

NEXT STEPS

Note

References

5 Maternal Drug Abuse versus Other Psychological Disturbances

MATERNAL DRUG ABUSE AND COEXISTING PROBLEMS: DISENTANGLING RISKS TO CHILDREN

Relative Risks: Maternal Drug Abuse versus Affective Disturbances

PROTECTIVE AND VULNERABILITY PROCESSES

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH QUESTIONS

METHODS

Sample: Descriptive Data

RESULTS

Maternal Drug Abuse versus Affective/Anxiety Disorders

Group Comparisons: Categorical and Continuous Indicators

Group Comparisons: Resilient Adaptation

Maternal Drug Abuse versus Affective/Anxiety Disorders: Variable-Based Analyses

Vulnerability and Protective Processes

DISCUSSION

Maternal Psychiatric Disorders: Specificity of Effects

Vulnerability and Protective Processes

Limitations, Implications, and Conclusions

Notes

References

6 Resilience to Childhood Adversity

INTRODUCTION

METHOD

Measures of Psychosocial Adjustment (16–21 Years)

Major Depression

Anxiety Disorders

Conduct/Antisocial Personality Disorders

Alcohol/Illicit Drug Dependence

Suicidal Behaviors

Criminal Offending

Measures of Childhood Adversity (0–16 Years)

Measures of Socioeconomic Adversity

Measures of Parental Change and Conflict

Measures of Child Abuse Exposure

Measures of Parental Adjustment

Measures of Resilience Factors (0–16 Years)

Family Factors

Child Factors

Peer Factors

School Factors

Sample Size and Sample Bias

FINDINGS

The Prevalence of Childhood Adversity

Modeling Resilience Processes

DISCUSSION

Resilience and the Cumulative Effects of Childhood Family Adversity

Modeling Resilience

Gender

Personality and Related Factors

Affiliations and Attachments

Cumulative Effects of Resilience Factors

Omitted Factors

Risk and Resilience

References

7 Sequelae of Child Maltreatment

VIRGINIA LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF CHILD MALTREATMENT

Sources of Data

Participating Children

Identification of Maltreated Children

Children’s Experiences of Maltreatment

Assessment of Children’s Adjustment

Behavioral and Emotional Adjustment

Peer Relationships

Self-Esteem

Academic Achievement

Assessment of Potential Protective Factors

Perceptions of Control

Friendship Reciprocity and Quality

Vulnerability and Resilience among Maltreated Children

Prevalence of Resilience among Maltreated Children

Sequelae of Maltreatment: Risks for Different Adjustment Domains

Pathways to Maladjustment among Maltreated Children

Protective Factors among Maltreated Children

The Likelihood of Resilience as a Function of Protective Factors

OVERVIEW AND IMPLICATIONS

Prevalence and Stability over Time of Resilience among Maltreated Children

Processes Underlying Vulnerability and Resilience

Implications for Intervention and Policy

References

8 Risk and Resilience in Children Coping with Their Parents’ Divorce and Remarriage

THE ADJUSTMENT OF CHILDREN IN DIVORCED AND REMARRIED FAMILIES

CHALLENGES AND CHANGES IN EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN IN DIVORCED AND REMARRIED FAMILIES

PROBLEMS PRECEDING DIVORCE

VULNERABILITY AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS IN CHILDREN ADJUSTING TO DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE

Individual Characteristics as Vulnerability and Protective Factors

Age

Gender

Temperament and Personality Characteristics

Family-Level Vulnerability and Protective Factors

Financial Status

Interparental Conflict

Parent–Child Relationships

Coparenting

Noncustodial Parents

Stepparents

Sibling Relationships

Grandparents

Extrafamilial Vulnerability and Protective Factors

Peer Relationships

Schools

Legal and Therapeutic Interventions

SUMMARY

References

9 Correlational and Experimental Study of Resilience in Children of Divorce and Parentally Bereaved Children

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR VULNERABILITY AND PROTECTIVE MECHANISMS

ADVERSITIES FOR BEREAVED CHILDREN AND CHILDREN OF DIVORCE

RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN OF DIVORCE AND BEREAVED CHILDREN

Individual Child Resources

Beliefs about Control

Self-Worth

Coping and Coping Efficacy

Appraisal of Stressful Situations

Expression of Emotion

Temperament

Summary of Individual-Level Resources

Family Resources

Parent–Child Relationships: Parental Warmth

Parent–Child Relationships: Discipline

Parent–Child Relationships: Warmth and Discipline

Family-Level Resources

Summary of Parent–Child Relationship and Family-Level Resources

Interventions as Experimental Studies of Resilience

Small Theory of Resilience

New Beginnings Program for Children of Divorce

Family Bereavement Program

Implications for Developmental Theory

Notes

References

Part II EXOSYSTEMIC AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC RISKS

10 Rethinking Resilience

INTRODUCTION

CHILDREN IN POVERTY

THE ORGANIZATIONAL MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT

A CLASSICAL VIEW OF PROTECTIVE FACTORS

THE PLACE OF DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY IN RESILIENCE RESEARCH

CHARACTERIZING EARLY COMPETENCE

IMPLICATIONS FOR PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION

CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH

References

11 Poverty and Early Childhood Adjustment

POVERTY AS A RISK FACTOR FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

CONCEPTUALIZING POSITIVE ADJUSTMENT AMONG YOUNG IMPOVERISHED CHILDREN

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH POSITIVE ADJUSTMENT

Child

Family

THE PITT MOTHER AND CHILD PROJECT

Participants and Procedures

Measures

Early Childhood Poverty

Positive Adjustment

Child Factors Tested for Association with Adjustment

Family Factors Tested for Association with Adjustment

Results

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

Note

References

12 Emerging Perspectives on Context Specificity of Children’s Adaptation and Resilience

CONTEXT SPECIFICITY AND PROCESSES OF RESILIENCE

Lessons from Developmental Psychopathology

A Proposed Conceptual Framework for Studying Resilience in Context

Evaluating Two Perspectives on Context-Specific Adaptation among Urban Children

EARLY RCRP STUDIES: INVESTIGATING UNIVERSAL DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS

Social-Learning Model for Children’s Resilience

Design of Studies and Selection of Cohorts

Measuring Family Stress Processes

Cohort Selection and Subgroup Designation

Child-Centered Resources Predicting Competence in Adversity

Realistic Control Attributions about Family Adversity

Personal Mastery: Efficacy, Perceived Competence, and Future Expectations

Social-Emotional Competencies

Family Resources Predicting Competence

Social-Learning versus Attachment-Based Models of Parent Protection

Preventive Intervention: Promoting Child Competencies

Early RCRP Studies: Contributions and Limitations

RECENT RCRP STUDIES EVALUATING CONTEXT-SPECIFIC ADAPTATION

Modifications in the RCRP Conceptual Model

Lives in Progress: A 6-Year Follow-up of Cohort 2 Youths

Emotion Regulation and Competence in High vs. Low Adversity Families

Mastery Beliefs and Adjustment: Effects of Youth-Specific Contexts

Accuracy of Self-Evaluations of Competence

Future Expectations and Adjustment: Effects of Behavior Functioning

Peer Group Contexts and Protective Effects of Afterschool Activities

SUMMING UP: PERSPECTIVES ON CONTEXT SPECIFICITY OF CHILDREN’S ADAPTATION

References

13 Holistic Contextual Perspectives on Risk, Protection, and Competence among Low-Income Urban Adolescents

RISK, PROTECTION, AND COMPETENCE

GUIDING RESEARCH TENETS

Holistic, Individual-in-Context Perspective

Importance of Intensive Within-Group Samples

The Need to Examine Positive Developmental Outcomes

The Congruence of Pattern-Centered Data Analytic Strategies

RISK, PROTECTION, AND CONTEXTUAL COMPETENCE AMONG LOW-INCOME URBAN ADOLESCENTS

The Adolescent Pathways Project (APP)

The Cascading Nature of Poverty into Proximal Social Contexts

Context-Based Vulnerable and Protective Circumstances: Nature and Outcomes

Profiles of Perceived Family Transactions

Profiles of Perceived Peer Transactions

Holistic Patterns of Contextual Competence: Nature and Outcomes

Revisiting the Guiding Tenets

FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR RESEARCH AND INTERVENTION

CONCLUSION

References

14 Overcoming the Odds?

ADOLESCENCE AND URBAN POVERTY

Adolescence

Urban Poverty

ADOLESCENT PROBLEM BEHAVIORS AND OUTCOMES

VULNERABILITY AND PROTECTIVE MECHANISMS FOR POOR URBAN ADOLESCENTS

NEIGHBORHOOD INFLUENCES

Violence and Victimization

Community Organizations and Youth-Serving Agencies

Peer and Family Influences

Delinquent Peer Groups

Harsh and Punitive Parenting

Parental Support and Protection

LIMITS OF RESILIENT ADAPTATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERVENTION

Note

References

15 Adaptation among Youth Facing Multiple Risks

ASSESSING RISKS

REPRESENTATIVE RISK FACTORS

CUMULATIVE RISK STUDIES

Quality versus Quantity

Multiple Outcomes and Multiple Risks

RESILIENCE AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS

PROMOTIVE FACTORS

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIVE FACTORS

Income and Marital Status

Family Process

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE FACTORS

Gender and Race

Resourcefulness

Mental Health

DEVELOPMENTAL TRAJECTORIES

OVERVIEW

Pervasive Effects of Multiple Risks

Nonspecificity of Risks

Small Effects of Single Risks

Individual Competence Is a Weak Protective Factor

Nonuniversality of Protective Factors

Necessity of Multiple Interventions to Counter Multiple Risks

References

16 Positive Adaptation among Youth Exposed to Community Violence

RATES OF EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE

IMPACT OF VIOLENCE EXPOSURE ON CHILDREN

Posttraumatic Stress and Internalizing Disorders

Externalizing Disorders

Academic Functioning

Neurodevelopmental/Biological Effects

Summary of Exposure Impact

VULNERABILITY AND PROTECTIVE MECHANISMS

FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE IMPACT OF VIOLENCE

Proximity and Relationship to the Victim or Perpetrator

Individual Characteristics

Age

Gender

Other Stressors

Family

Community

LIMITS TO RESILIENT ADAPTATION

IMPLICATIONS FOR THEORY AND RESEARCH ON RESILIENCE

IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERVENTION

Community-Level Intervention

Family Interventions

Interventions for Those Exposed

CONCLUSION

References

17 Perceived Discrimination and Resilience

PUERTO RICANS AS A LATINO SUBGROUP

PERCEIVED DISCRIMINATION

PERCEIVED DISCRIMINATION AS A RISK FACTOR FOR POOR MENTAL HEALTH

PROCESSES THAT MEDIATE THE RISK OF PERCEIVED DISCRIMINATION

Age as a Proxy for Cognitive Development

A Shared Worldview of Differential Power for Interpreting Events

Attributional Ambiguity

Need to Feel in Control

PERCEIVING DISCRIMINATION AS PROTECTION FROM THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF RACISM

METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES

VULNERABILITY AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS THAT MODERATE THE RISK OF PERCEIVED DISCRIMINATION

FUTURE DIRECTIONS: RESEARCH

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

Note

References

18 Promoting Resilience through Early Childhood Intervention

INTRODUCTION

ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EFFECTIVENESS AND PROTECTION

NEW DIRECTIONS IN INTERVENTION RSEARCH

CONTRIBUTIONS OF CONFIRMATORY PROGRAM EVALUATION

HYPOTHESIS OF PROTECTIVE MECHANISM IN EARLY INTERVENTION

INTERVENTION FINDINGS IN THE CHICAGO LONGITUDINAL STUDY

Protective Effects of Participation in Intervention

Mechanisms of Intervention Effects

For Whom Are Intervention Services Most Effective?

CONCLUSION

References

PART III COMMENTARIES

19 Toward Building a Better Brain

A GENERAL DEFINITION OF ENRICHMENT

EXPERIENCE AND THE BRAIN: A BRIEF HISTORY

THE ENRICHED ENVIRONMENT PARADIGM

NEUROCHEMICAL CHANGES

PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES

NEUROANATOMICAL CHANGES

BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF ENRICHMENT

ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS OF OBSERVED EFFECTS OF ENRICHED ENVIRONMENTS

ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT FOR HUMANS: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT

RATS 1, HUMANS 0: SOME FACTORS MEDIATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HUMAN ENRICHMENT

Are the Rat and Human Enrichment Paradigms Comparable?

Intensity and Quantity of Exposure

Timing of Exposure

MECHANISMS OF ENRICHMENT: SO HOW DOES THE ENVIRONMENT GET INTO THE BRAIN?

A MODEL OF HUMAN ENRICHMENT

A Model System: Cognition

Social and Emotional Functioning

IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS

Note

References

20 Genetic Influences on Risk and Protection

CONCEPT OF RESILIENCE

BIOLOGICAL PARALLELS

G×E: PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE

rGE: DIVERSITY IN MECHANISMS

SEX DIFFERENCES

DEVELOPMENTAL INFLUENCES

FUTURE DIRECTIONS: ANALYTIC AND CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS IN STUDYING RESILIENCE

FUTURE DIRECTIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERVENTIONS

CONCLUSIONS

References

21 Research on Resilience

RESEARCH ON RESILIENCE: QUESTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

Risk Research versus Resilience Research

Defining Resilience: Approaches to Measuring Risk and Positive Adaptation

Protective and Vulnerability Factors

Future Directions: Considerations in Studying Protective and Vulnerability Factors

Summary: Conceptualizing and Designing Studies of Resilience

INTERVENTIONS BASED ON RESILIENCE RESEARCH

Salient Risk Modifiers: Influences Involving the Family, the Community, and the Child

Prioritizing Domains: Implications for Interventions

Limits to Resilient Adaptation: Covert Distress Underlying Manifest Competence

Future Directions: Applied Research

Summary: Guidelines for Future Interventions

CONCLUDING THOUGHTS

Notes

References

Index

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