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Why some children succeed despite the odds

Title: Why some children succeed despite the odds / edited by Warren A. Rhodes and Waln K. Brown ; foreword by Robert D. Felner.
Publication: New York : Praeger, 1991.

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Description

xi, 194 pages : illustration; 25 cm

Summary

This book explores the "resilient" or "invulnerable" child in various at-risk situations. These children are at risk of developing later psychological dysfunctions, but do not. Topics include: divorce, black children from single-parent families, stepchildren, loss of a sibling, teen pregnancy, and attention deficits.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Children of divorce -- Resiliency in black children from single-parent families -- Stepchildren -- Foster family care -- Children who lose a sibling -- Risk and resilience in teenagers who avoid pregnancy -- Factors affecting positive long-term outcome in attention deficit hyperactive disorder -- Forging competence in developmentally delayed children -- Help for the runaway child -- Socializing the unsocialized delinquent -- Guidelines from follow-up surveys of adult subjects who were adjudicated delinquent as juveniles -- Resisting the power of religious cults -- Factors that promote invulnerability and resiliency in at-risk children.

ISBN

0275937054
9780275937058

LCCN

90049203

OCLC

ocm22493087
22493087
SCSB-1922999

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library