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Sameroff's first academic position was a joint appointment in Psychology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry at the University of Rochester (1967–78). In 1978 he was appointed as Professor of Psychology and Research Director of the Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and in 1986 he became Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown ...
Ann S. Masten (born January 27, 1951) is a professor at the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota known for her research on the development of resilience and for advancing theory on the positive outcomes of children and families facing adversity. [1]
Many policies and programs have emerged from the field of trauma-informed care, with the intention of preventing trauma at the source by improving social determinants of health. For example, the Nurse Family Partnership is a childhood home visitation program with the goal of helping new mothers learn about parenting to reduce child abuse and ...
Psychological resilience, or mental resilience, is the ability to cope mentally and emotionally with a crisis, or to return to pre-crisis status quickly. [1]The term was popularized in the 1970s and 1980s by psychologist Emmy Werner as she conducted a forty-year-long study of a cohort of Hawaiian children who came from low socioeconomic status backgrounds.
The journal is abstracted and indexed by the Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsycINFO.According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 3.9, ranking it 9th out of 128 journals in the category "Pediatrics", [1] and 30th out of 193 journals in the category of "Public, Environmental and Occupational Health" (Sciences edition).
Childhood traumatic experiences diminish psychological well-being throughout adult life, and can damage psychological resilience in children, adolescents, and adults. [10] Perceived stigma also diminished psychological well-being, particularly stigma in relation to obesity and other physical ailments or disabilities. [11]
This cultural sensitivity reflects the influence of Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory. The influence of ecological systems theory is also seen on the emphasis many youth development programs place on the interrelationship of different social contexts through which the individual moves (e.g. family, peers, school, work, and leisure).
The Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) was developed by Kathryn M. Connor and Jonathan R.T. Davidson as a means of assessing resilience. [1] The CD-RISC is based on Connor and Davidson's operational definition of resilience, which is the ability to "thrive in the face of adversity." Since its development in 2003, the CD-RISC has been ...