Risk and Protective Factors in the Development of Psychopathology

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521350999
• ISBN13: 9780521350990
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 572 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

diverse take-offs on a central theme

Here are 23 chapters combining theoretical and empirical work on risk and reslience. Contributors include the most well-known names in the field. The focus on resilience ("protective factors") as well as risk is a big plus.Infancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood are all given some attention here. Topics taken up for analysis include depression, divorce, maternal stress, and eating disorders. It's a diverse collection of articles all sharing one question: when two people face the same circumstances, why does this one develop psychopathology and this one not? Important reading. A central book for those seriously interested in the development of psychopathology.