Resilience and Vulnerability: Adaptation in the Context of Childhood Adversities

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Crime in Adult Offspring of Prisoners (2007, background): ““Resiliency” research suggests that children are protected from adversity by individual, family, and wider environmental factors, such as above average IQ, parental attachment and bonding, temperament and behavior factors, and positive peer relations (Garmezy, 1985; Luthar, 2003; Rutter, 1990).”
Implications of Resilience Concepts for Scientific Understanding (2006, background): “Five main implications stem from the research to date: (1) resistance to hazards may derive from controlled exposure to risk (rather than its avoidance); (2) resistance may derive from traits or circumstances that are without major effects in the absence of the relevant environmental hazards; (3) re”
Assessing Strengths, Resilience, and Growth to Guide Clinical Interventions. (2005, background): “…what “goes right” in development, the construct of resilience, effective coping and adaptation in the face of major life stress, has been the focus of burgeoning recent interest (Cowen, Work, & Wyman, 1997; Luthar, 2003; Luthar, Cicchetti, & Becker, 2000; Masten, 2001; Masten & Coatsworth, 1998).”
The Study of Youth Resilience Across Cultures: Lessons from a Pilot Study of Measurement Development (2008, background): “Resilience is typically understood within a Western psychological discourse as good outcomes despite serious threats to well-being (Luthar, 2003).”