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Risk, resilience, and recovery: Perspectives from the Kauai Longitudinal Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2009

Emmy E. Werner
Emmy E. Werner*
Affiliation:
Division of Human Development and Family Studies, University of California, Davis
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Emmy E. Werner, Division of Human Development and Family Studies, 1333 Hart Hall, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.
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Abstract

This article summarizes the major findings of a longitudinal study that traced the developmental paths of a multiracial cohort of children who had been exposed to perinatal stress, chronic poverty, and a family environment troubled by chronic discord and parental psychopathology. Individuals are members of the Kauai Longitudinal Study, which followed all children born in 1955 on a Hawaiian island from the perinatal period to ages 1, 2, 10, 18, and 32 years. Several clusters of protective factors and processes were identified that enabled most of these high-risk individuals to become competent and caring adults. Implications of the findings for developmental theory and social action programs are discussed, and issues for future research are identified.

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Research Article
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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , Fall 1993 , pp. 503 - 515
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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