The authors review the literature on resilience following childhood maltreatment and
describe how variation in the measurement of outcomes at various developmental stages …

The presence of caring adults in the extended family and unrelated adults, such as
neighbors, teachers, youth workers, and clergy, is thought to make a positive contribution to …

A few years ago, resiliency theory was relatively new to the fields of prevention and
education. Today, it is at the heart of hundreds of school and community programs that …

Mixed in with national data on declining poverty rates are other signs that poverty, economic
hardship, and inequality continue unabated. This essay examines:(a) the scope of poverty …

This study investigated whether the impact of 3 types of family decision making on the
adjustment of 14–16‐year‐old youth was moderated by ethnicity, community context, or …

Objective: This study examines the relationship between physical abuse and several risk
behaviors, and thriving behaviors, and the relationship between potential protective factors …

This paper explores the relationship between vulnerability and resilience in the context of
informal settlements, using a case study of two barangays in a rural province in the …

Using an ecological risk-factor approach, this study sought to identify risk factors related to
suicidal behavior in a sample of 14,922 adolescents (11,027 European American …

Identity is generally defined as an individual's mental representations of his or her personal
and social characteristics. The belief that participation in sport may be linked to identity …

This study examines the extent to which the ecological, risk-factor approach for studying
sexual activity in samples of mostly European Americans is useful for explaining adolescent …