Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Foreword by Glen H. Elder, Jr
- Preface by John Bynner
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Risk and resilience: definitions
- 2 Towards a developmental-contextual systems model of adjustment
- 3 Persisting inequalities in times of social change
- 4 Selection, causation and cumulative risk effects
- 5 Protective factors and processes
- 6 Stability of early adjustment over time
- 7 Personal goals and life plans
- 8 Conclusions and outlook
- 9 Implications of findings for interventions and social policy
- Appendix A Two British birth cohorts
- Appendix B Response rates and handling of missing data
- Appendix C Description of variables used in the study
- References
- Index
6 - Stability of early adjustment over time
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Foreword by Glen H. Elder, Jr
- Preface by John Bynner
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Risk and resilience: definitions
- 2 Towards a developmental-contextual systems model of adjustment
- 3 Persisting inequalities in times of social change
- 4 Selection, causation and cumulative risk effects
- 5 Protective factors and processes
- 6 Stability of early adjustment over time
- 7 Personal goals and life plans
- 8 Conclusions and outlook
- 9 Implications of findings for interventions and social policy
- Appendix A Two British birth cohorts
- Appendix B Response rates and handling of missing data
- Appendix C Description of variables used in the study
- References
- Index
Summary
I am 25 so I do not have to live with Mum and Dad anymore. If I stay at their house I would pay for my keep and clothing, etc. At first I would go to university and take drama, music and English (art would be a hobby). I would try and get a degree so I could apply for any job…. When I came home I would be helpful to Mum and Dad if I lived with them, if not, I would buy a record player and go round with long haired boys! I should try to live a quiet, peaceful life and would wear decent, smart clothes and would buy a small homely flat that I could share with my colleagues….
Response by an 11 year-old female NCDS cohort member to the question: ‘Imagine that you are now 25 years old. Write about the life you are leading, your interests, your home life and your work at the age of 25’.The questions addressed in this chapter concern the stability of early adjustment over time and across domains. Is there continuity of positive adjustment across the life span? Do patterns of adjustment persist as individuals move from childhood into adolescence and into adult life? If there are continuities in adjustment in one domain, such as academic attainment, does this suggest adjustment across other domains as well?
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- Risk and ResilienceAdaptations in Changing Times, pp. 94 - 121Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006