Adolescent resiliency to family adversity
Fergusson, David M.; Lynskey, Michael T.

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Fergusson, D. M., & Lynskey, M. T. (1996). Adolescent resiliency to family adversity. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 37(3), 281-292. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01405.x
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Abstract:
The factors associated with adolescent resiliency to childhood adversity were examined in a birth cohort of 940 New Zealand adolescents studied to the age of 16 years. Resilient teenagers were defined by: (a) high exposure to family adversity during childhood and (b) an absence of a wide range of externalising problems during adolescence including substance abuse, juvenile offending and school problems. Resilient teenagers were characterised by significantly higher IQ (p < .001), lower novelty seeking (p < .01) and lower affiliations with delinquent peers (p < .005) with these factors acting accumulatively to influence the probability of resilience to externalising problems.
Date:
2006
Publisher:
Wiley
Pages:
281-292
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This version in OUR Archive is the author's manuscript accepted for publication after peer-review. The published version is: Fergusson, D. M., & Lynskey, M. T. (1996). Adolescent resiliency to family adversity. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 37(3), 281-292. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01405.x
Keywords:
Psychology; Psychiatry
Research Type:
Journal Article
Languages:
English