THE SOCIAL ECOLOGY OF RESILIENCE by Michael Ungar (Editor) ( 9781461480921 )

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Title:

THE SOCIAL ECOLOGY OF RESILIENCE
A HANDBOOK OF THEORY AND PRACTICE

By:

Michael Ungar (Editor)

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Paperback

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1461480922

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9781461480921

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Publisher:

SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC.

Pub. date:

6 June, 2013

Edition:

2012 ed.

Pages:

463

Description:

The dominant view of resilience is as something individuals possess rather than as a process that can be facilitated. This book provides evidence for the ecological understanding of resilience in ways that help resolve both definition and measurement problems.

Synopsis:

More than two decades after Michael Rutter (1987) published his summary of protective processes associated with resilience, researchers continue to report definitional ambiguity in how to define and operationalize positive development under adversity. The problem has been partially the result of a dominant view of resilience as something individuals have, rather than as a process that families, schools,communities and governments facilitate. Because resilience is related to the presence of social risk factors, there is a need for an ecological interpretation of the construct that acknowledges the importance of people's interactions with their environments. The Social Ecology of Resilience provides evidence for this ecological understanding of resilience in ways that help to resolve both definition and measurement problems.

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14 black & white illustrations, biography

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Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

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