Childhood multiple risk factor exposure exceeds the adverse developmental impacts of
singular exposures. Multiple risk factor exposure may also explain why sociodemographic …

The concept of resilience has as its starting point the recognition that there is huge
heterogeneity in people's responses to all manner of environmental adversities. Resilience …

Written by a child psychiatrist, a criminologist and a social psychologist, Antisocial Behavior
by Young People is a major international review of research evidence on antisocial …

Over the last four decades increasingly a new vocabulary was adopted by behavioral
scientists interested in explaining more or less benign/malignant outcomes of the …

Research has shown that living away from one's biological father is associated with a
greater risk of adverse child and adolescent outcomes; yet, the role of the father‐child …

These brief biographies illustrate two very different developmental paths that began at the
same place. Risk research would have predicted Paul's outcomes, and John would have …

Between 1980 and 1996 the number of arrests has increased considerably for offenders
ages 12 and under. This increase is a cost to society in two ways: the cost of the crime and …

A sense of obligation to support, assist, and respect the family was examined among
approximately 700 urban and rural 10th‐(M= 16.6 years) and 12th‐(M= 18.9 years) grade …

Using data from a recent longitudinal cohort of 8th graders, I found that factors relevant to
teens' school experiences—including characteristics of their school and classroom, their …

Parenting: An Ecological Perspective was originally created in 1993 to answer questions
such as: Why do parents differ markedly in the ways in which they care for their children …