Risk and Protective Factors in the Development of Psychopathology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521439728 ISBN 13: 9780521439725

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1993

Synopsis

This important volume presents a definitive review of the origins and implications of developmental psychopathology and what has been learned about the phenomenon of psychosocial resilience in diverse populations at risk.

About this title

Book Description:

Chapters by distinguished investigators in clinical psychology, psychiatry, and child development, many of whose work led to the new developmental model of psychopathology, provide a unique review of current research on vulnerability and resistance to disorder.

About the Author:

Ann S. Masten, PhD, Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, is internationally known for her research on competence, risk and resilience in human development. She is currently President of the Society for Research in Child Development and serves on the Board of Children, Youth, and Families of the US Institute of Medicine/National Academies. She directs the Project Competence studies of risk and resilience, including studies of normative populations and high-risk children exposed to the stress of migration, homelessness, war and natural disasters.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0521439728
• ISBN 13: 9780521439725
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 572
• Editor: Rolf Jon, Masten Ann S., Cicchetti Dante, Nüchterlein Keith H., Weintraub Sheldon