The development of competence in favorable and unfavorable environments. Lessons from research on successful children.
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Summary
Signals are drawn from studies of naturally occurring resilience among children at risk because of disadvantage or trauma and also from efforts to deliberately alter the course of competence through early childhood education and preventive interventions.
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- article
- Published
- 1998-01-01
- Cited by
- 3,272
- References
- 186
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Keywords
Competence (human resources), Psychological intervention, Psychology, Disadvantage, Developmental psychology
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