Resilience and Development: Positive Life Adaptations / Edition 1

by Meyer D. Glantz, Jeannette L. Johnson

Overview

Leading experts review the research on resilience and represent the diverse perspectives and opinions found among both scientists and practitioners in the field. Although the chapters are written to the standards expected by researchers, they are equally useful for program developers and others in applied fields seeking science-based information on the topic. This book is a unique resource in keeping with the growing interest in resilience both in research and interventions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306461231
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	08/31/1999
Series:	Longitudinal Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Series
Edition description:	1999
Pages:	303
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

The Concept of Resilience.- Toward an Understanding of Resilience.- Re-Visiting the Validity of the Construct of Resilience.- Drug Use, Resilience, and the Myth of the Golden Child.- Analysis and Reconceptualization of Resilience.- Resilience.- The Measurement of Resilience.- Measurement Issues in the Empirical Study of Resilience.- Critical Conceptual and Measurement Issues in the Study of Resilience.- The Application of Resilience.- Factors and Processes Contributing to Resilience.- Commentary.- Opening Doors to Resilience Intervention for Prevention Research.- Commentary.- Can We Apply Resilience?.- Applications of Resilience.- Epilogue.- Resilience Comes of Age.

Editorial Reviews

Fifteen contributions by researchers and mental health practitioners address the concept of resilience, as well as its measurement and applications. Included is an overview of the field by resilience researcher Ann Masten, as well as an interview with Norman Garmezy, considered by some to be the founder of research on resilience. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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