Developmental and family milieu correlates of resilience in urban children who have experienced major life stress.
Reports findings from interviews with parents of demographically-comparable groups of highly-stressed urban children with stress-resilient (SR) and stress-affected (SA) outcomes at ages 10-12. SR and SA children were compared on family milieu and child development variables assessed within a developmental framework. Compared to SAs, parents of SRs scored higher on variables reflecting parent perceptions of a nurturant caregiver-child relationship and self-views as effective caregivers, in the context of positive discipline practices, a child's positive early temperament, and support for primary caregivers. A discriminant function analysis identified seven variables that optimally differentiated the groups and correctly classified 86% of the Ss as SR or SA.
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University of Rochester, Center for Community Study, NY 14620.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D010556:Personality Tests; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D013694:Temperament; D014505:Urban Population