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Human resilience: a fifty year quest
- Authors:
- CLARKE Ann, CLARKE Alan
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 426p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book discusses major interacting influences on development, including genetic and environmental effects, chance events and the tendency for people to influence their environments in ways that reinforce their personal characteristics. In particular, the authors address the controversial issues surrounding the inheritability of IQ and outline factors affecting the success of various intervention programs, including fostering and adoption. The emerging importance of resilience as a concept in child development and psychology is of significance to psychologists. Carers working with disadvantaged children and those with learning disabilities are also concerned with how resilience can be improved both by personal characteristics such as self esteem, problem-solving ability or sociability, and by external support.