The Development of the Person: The Minnesota Study of Risk and Adaptation from Birth to Adulthood

✍ Scribed by L. Alan Sroufe PhD, Byron Egeland PhD, Elizabeth A. Carlson PhD, W. Andrew Collins PhD

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 401
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The definitive work on a groundbreaking study, this essential volume provides a coherent picture of the complexity of development from birth to adulthood. Explicated are both the methodology of the Minnesota study and its far-reaching contributions to understanding how we become who we are. The book marshals a vast body of data on the ways in which individuals' strengths and vulnerabilities are shaped by myriad influences, including early experiences, family and peer relationships throughout childhood and adolescence, variations in child characteristics and abilities, and socioeconomic conditions. Implications for clinical intervention and prevention are also addressed. Rigorously documented and clearly presented, the study's findings elucidate the twists and turns of individual pathways, illustrating as never before the ongoing interplay between developing children and their environments.

✦ Table of Contents

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERSON......Page 2
About the Authors......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Contents......Page 14
PART I. Understanding Development......Page 18
1. The Challenge......Page 20
2. A Perspective on Development......Page 39
3. Inception......Page 63
4. The Follow-Up Strategy......Page 81
PART II. Development and Adaptation......Page 102
5. Adaptation in Infancy......Page 104
6. Adaptation in the Toddler Period......Page 123
7. Adaptation in the Preschool Period......Page 138
8. Adaptation in Middle Childhood......Page 165
9. Adaptation in Adolescence......Page 191
10. The Transition to Adulthood......Page 215
PART III. Development and Psychopathology......Page 233
11. The Developmental Process......Page 236
12. Behavioral and Emotional Disturbance......Page 256
13. Clinical Implications......Page 282
14. The Tasks Ahead......Page 304
APPENDIX A......Page 322
APPENDIX B......Page 338
APPENDIX C......Page 340
APPENDIX D......Page 343
APPENDIX E......Page 346
APPENDIX F......Page 349
APPENDIX G......Page 351
References......Page 359
Index......Page 389