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Hard growing: children who survive

Cambridge University Press eBooksPublished 31 August 1990
Marian Radke‐Yarrow, Tracy Sherman, Judy Stilwell, Anne May Field
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Abstract

Children are inherently vulnerable, but also they are strong in a determination to survive and grow. Over the generations of scientific study, these complementary themes have directed much research concerned with children's physical and psychological development under conditions that threaten their well-being or survival. The field of study known as "risk research" provides an example of this dual orientation, with its focus on the individual's vulnerabilities and resistances to risk and stress (Garmezy, 1981).

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PsychologyMedicine