Are there implications for prevention research from studies of resilience?
In this commentary, the question is raised whether prevention research can benefit from resilience research in designing interventions. Although many areas in the investigative interests of prevention and resilience researchers overlap, Luthar, Cicchetti, and Becker may have set the bar too high for defining resilience in the context of varying levels of adversity.
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Kempe Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health, Denver, CO 80218, USA. Robinson.JoAnn@tchden.org
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012106:Research; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control