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Human Resilience: A Fifty Year Quest
Contributor(s): Clarke, Alan (Author), Clarke, Ann (Author), Tizard, Barbara (Contribution by)
ISBN: 1843101394     ISBN-13: 9781843101390
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $42.75  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: June 2003
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent
- Psychology | Developmental - Child
Dewey: 155.418
LCCN: 2003041607
Series: Fifty Year Quest
Physical Information: 432 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

Tackling some of the most important ideas in child psychology and human development, Human Resilience presents key theories from Ann and Alan Clarke's pioneering work in this field. The Clarkes discuss major interacting influences on development, including genetic and environmental effects, chance events and the tendency for people to influence their environments in ways that reinforce their personal characteristics. In particular, they address various issues surrounding IQ inheritance and outline factors affecting the success of several intervention programmes, including fostering and adoption.

The emerging importance of resilience as a fundamental human characteristic makes this book of great significance to psychologists, social workers and students. Anyone working with disadvantaged children and those with learning disabilities will be interested in Human Resilience's practical implications: how resilience can be improved both by personal characteristics such as self-esteem, problem-solving ability or sociability, interacting with external support.

Contributor Bio(s): Clarke, Ann: - Ann Clarke is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Hull, as was her late husband Alan Clarke who also held the position of Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University. They have been widely published, including seven other books and their careful research and analysis has been recognized by the 1977 Research Award from the American Association on Mental Deficiency and the 1982 Distinguished Achievement Award for Scientific Literature from the International Association for the Scientific Study of Mental Deficiency. Ann is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and Alan was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and, in 1974, he was appointed a CBE.