Risk and Resilience : Adaptations in Changing Times (Hardcover)

Foreword Glen H. Elder, Jr; 1. Risk and resilience: definitions; 2. A developmental-contextual systems model; 3. Persisting inequalities in times of social change; 4. Selection, causation and cumulative risk effects; 5. Protective factors and processes; 6. Stability of early adjustment over time; 7. Personal goals and life plans; 8. Conclusions and outlook; 9. Implications of findings for interventions and social policy.