The Invulnerable Child

by Anthony, E. James; Cohler, Bertram J.

• ISBN13: 9780898622270
• ISBN10: 0898622271
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1987-06-08
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

This groundbreaking volume thoroughly explores the intriguing and sometimes baffling phenomenon of positive adaptation to stress by children who live under conditions of extreme vulnerability. Examining the determinants of risk, the development of competence in the midst of hardship, and the nature of stress-resilience, THE INVULNERABLE CHILD will be of profound interests to psychiatrists, developmental and clinical psychologists, social workers, nurses, educators and social scientists, and all those involved in the psychosocial well being of children.

Table of Contents

PART I. INTRODUCTION	1	(48)
Risk, Vulnerability, and Resilience: An Overview	3	(46)
E. James Anthony
PART II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETENCE	49	(96)
Multiple Determinants of Risk and Invulnerability	51	(19)
Ronald Seifer
Arnold J. Sameroff
Correlates and Predictors of Competence in Young Children	70	(14)
Felton Earls
William Beardslee
William Garrison
Further Reflections on Resilience	84	(22)
Lois Barclay Murphy
John, a Boy Who Acquired Resilience	106	(39)
Alice E. Moriarty
PART III. RESILIENCE IN CHILDREN AT RISK	145	(216)
Children at High Risk for Psychosis Growing Up Successfully	147	(38)
E. James Anthony
Predicting Mental Health in Children at Risk	185	(26)
Julien Worland
David G. Weeks
Cynthia L. Janes
Competent Children at Risk: A Study of Well-Functioning Offspring of Disturbed Parents	211	(18)
Lawrence Fisher
Ronald F. Kokes
Robert E. Cole
Patricia M. Perkins
Lyman C. Wynne
Maternal Factors Related to Vulnerability and Resiliency in Young Children at Risk	229	(24)
Judith S. Musick
Frances M. Stott
Katherine Klehr Spencer
Judith' Goldman
Bertram J. Cohler
Invulnerability among Abused and Neglected Children	253	(36)
Ellen A. Farber
Byron Egeland
Resilient Children as Adults: A 40-Year Study	289	(26)
J. Kirk Felsman
George E. Vaillant
The Traits of True Invulnerability and Posttraumatic Stress in Psychoanalyzed Men of Action	315	(46)
Edwin C. Peck, Jr.
PART IV. CONCLUSION	361	(64)
Adversity, Resilience, and the Study of Lives	363	(62)
Bertram J. Cohler
Index	425