January 1, 2001American Psychologist
Ordinary magic: Resilience processes in development.
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Implication
Developmental review reveals that resilience arises from ordinary adaptive systems in at-risk children, indicating that protecting standard developmental processes prevents psychopathology.
Key Points
- To examine resilience processes in human development and challenge deficit-focused models of childhood adversity.
- Synthesized converging findings from variable-focused and person-focused investigations of developmental adaptation under risk and adversity.
- Resilience operates as a normative, common developmental outcome driven by ordinary human adaptational systems rather than rare or extraordinary capabilities.
- The primary developmental threats from adversity emerge when conditions impair or compromise standard individual, family, and community protective systems.
- Promoting competence and protecting basic adaptive systems provide effective practical targets for preventing psychopathology in vulnerable children.
Cite This Study
Ann S. Masten (2001) studied this question.