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Follow-up study of young stress-affected and stress-resilient urban children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1997

EMORY L. COWEN
Affiliation:
University of Rochester
PETER A. WYMAN
Affiliation:
University of Rochester
WILLIAM C. WORK
Affiliation:
University of Rochester
JULIA Y. KIM
Affiliation:
University of Rochester
DOUGLAS B. FAGEN
Affiliation:
University of Rochester
KEITH B. MAGNUS
Affiliation:
University of Rochester

Abstract

Reports follow-up study of 181 young highly stressed urban children, classified as stress-resilient (SR) and stress-affected (SA) 1½–2 years earlier. At follow-up (T2), children were retested on five initial (T1) test measures: self-rated adjustment, perceived competence, social problem solving, realistic control attributions, and empathy; parents and teachers did new child adjustment ratings, and parents participated in a phone interview focusing on the T1T2 interval. Child test and adjustment measures and parent interview responses at T2 sensitively differentiated children classified as SR and SA at T1. Test and interview variables used at T1 and T2 correlated moderately across time periods. At T2, four child test indicators (i.e., rule conformity, global self-worth, social problem solving, and realistic control attributions) and four parent interview variables (positive future expectations for the child, absence of predelinquency indicators, good parent mental health in the past year, and adaptive parent coping strategies) sensitively differentiated children classified as SR and SA at T1. No relationship was found between family stress experienced in the T1T2 interval and changes in children's adjustment during that period.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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