Policymakers are interested in early-years interventions to ameliorate childhood risks. They
hope for improved adult outcomes in the long run that bring a return on investment. The size …

2 Introduction synthesis. After the microanalytic turn of my recent books, the present volume
also returns to meso-and macroanalytic levels of analysis. Grounds for Difference emerged …

Background: It is a universal finding that there is huge heterogeneity in people's responses
to all kinds of stress and adversity. Resilience is an interactive phenomenon that is inferred …

Objective: While everyone—including front-line clinicians—should strive to prevent the
maltreatment and other severe stresses experienced by many children and adults in …

Among people exposed to major psychological stressors in early life, there are elevated
rates of morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases of aging. The most compelling data …

Background: The development of Bronfenbrenner's bio‐social‐ecological systems model of
human development parallels advances made to the theory of resilience that progressively …

In this chapter, we first describe a number of prominent and frequently cited theories
describing how victimized children may grow up to become violent offenders, including …

Conduct disorder is a childhood behaviour disorder that is characterized by persistent
aggressive or antisocial behaviour that disrupts the child's environment and impairs his or …

This chapter explores the power of personality traits both as predictors and as causes of
academic and economic success, health, and criminal activity. Measured personality is …