Date of Award
2005
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Department
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
First Advisor
Jill Tarule, Ed.D.
Second Advisor
Susan Hasazi, Ed.D.
Third Advisor
Gale Burford, Ph.D.
Abstract
The concept of resiliency, or how young people thrive in the face of adversity, brings a positive focus to youth development research and has emerged as an important topic in the youth development field. Adversity, or risk factors, may be internally or externally generated, and may acute or chronic. Researchers often point to the balance of between risk factors and protective factors as the determining influences on a child's resiliency. If protective factors in the layers of a child's world (such as self, family, school, and community) outweigh the risk factors, then a child will be resilient. However, questions remain about why siblings who share the same family, school, and community, often respond differently to the same adversity. Though a child's temperament is often considered the answer, researchers also point to the fact that underlying relationship processes surrounding adversity play a role in how young people respond and how children in the same family may have different responses.
Language
English
Number of Pages
302
Recommended Citation
Baege, Monika Ingeborg, "Family Process Influences on the Resilient Responses of Youth" (2005). Graduate College Dissertations and Theses. 1079.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/1079