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Further reading and viewing
Belsky J, Pluess M. (2011). Beyond adversity, vulnerability, and resilience:
Individual differences in developmental plasticity. In: Cicchetti D,
Roisman G. (eds)The Origins and Organization of Adaptation and Maladapta-
tion. pp. 379–422. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ. (A thoughtful
essay combining theory of adverse events, attachment, and new genetic
findings on differential susceptibility; the book has many good chapters
on resilience.)
Coleman J, Hagell A (2007)Adolescence, Risk and Resilience: Against the Odds.
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester (An easy-to-read book that focuses
on adolescence and the evidence of what interventions help young
people survive difficult predicaments.)
Cummings EM, Davies PT. (2010)Marital Conflict and Children: An Emotional
Security Perspective. Guilford Press, New York.
Hetherington E.M, Kelly J. (2002)For Better or for Worse: Divorce Reconsid-
ered. Norton, New York. (This book is a lively account for the general
reader, of the largest and perhaps best study of divorce, in the USA. It
includes the impact on children six years later, as well as the different
styles of coping by mothers and fathers.)
Kim J, Cicchetti D. (2010) Longitudinal pathways linking child maltreat-
ment, emotion regulation, peer relations, and psychopathology.Journal
of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 51 , 706–716. (A nice longitudinal study
showing how one thing leads to another: abuse leads to poor regulation
of emotions which in turn leads to aggression and few friends.)
Robertson J, Robertson J. (1959)A Two-year-old Goes to Hospital.Concord
films, Ipswich. (This is a very moving documentary of a child’s reaction
to separation from his parents. Highly recommended viewing.)
McNeal C, Amato PR. (1998) Parents’ marital violence: Long-term
consequences for children.Journal of Family Issues 19 , 123–139. (Repre-
sentative longitudinal study of 400 families showing that marital discord
early in children’s lives was associated later with less closeness to parents,
lower self-esteem and happiness, and more distress and violence in their
relationships as adolescents.)
Shure MB. (1996)Raising a Thinking Child. Pocket Books, New York. (This
is a classic manual for parents, showing them how to teach their child
problem-solving skills applicable to everyday social conflicts.)