"From a pioneering researcher, this book synthesizes the best current knowledge on resilience in children and adolescents. Ann S. Masten explores what allows certain individuals to thrive and adapt despite adverse circumstances, such as poverty, chronic family problems, or exposure to trauma. Coverage encompasses the neurobiology of resilience as well as the role of major contexts of development: families, schools, and culture. Identifying key protective factors in early childhood and beyond, Masten provides a cogent framework for designing programs to promote resilience. Complex concepts are carefully defined and illustrated with real-world examples"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-362) and index.

Part I. Introduction and conceptual overview : Introduction -- Models of resilience -- Part II. Studies of individual resilience : Resilience in a community sample: The Project Competence Longitudinal Study -- Overcoming disadvantage and economic crisis: homeless children -- Mass trauma and extreme adversities: resilience in war, terrorism, and disaster -- Part III. Adaptive systems in resilience : The short list and implicated protective systems -- The neurobiology of resilience -- Resilience in the context of families -- Resilience in the context of schools -- Resilience in the context of culture -- Part IV. Moving forward: implications for action and future research : A resilience framework for action -- Conclusions and future directions.

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