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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779129503321

Autore

Luthar Suniya S

Titolo

Poverty and children's adjustment [[electronic resource] /] / Suniya S. Luthar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, 1999

ISBN

0-7619-0518-9

1-322-41618-4

1-4522-6508-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 131 p.)

Collana

Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry ; ; v. 41

Disciplina

362.775690973

Soggetti

Poor children - United States - Psychology

Children with social disabilities - United States - Psychology

Poverty - United States - Psychological aspects

Adjustment (Psychology) in children - United States

Child psychopathology - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-114) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Editor's Introduction; Preface; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Parameters and Structure; Summary; Notes; Chapter 2 - Child Attributes; Gender Differences in Vulnerability to Familial Stressors; Gender Differences in Vulnerability to Community-Related Influences; Age Differences; Personal Characteristics; Trajectories of Adjustment; Summary; Notes; Chapter 3 - Poverty and the Family: Demographic and Structural Features; Teenage Mothers; Family Structure; Ethnicity; Summary; Notes; Chapter 4 - Poverty and the Family: Psychological Processes

Poverty and Parents' FunctioningParental Behaviors; Models of Family Functioning in the Context of Poverty; Summary; Notes; Chapter 5 - Exosystemic Influences; Support Networks; The Physical Environment; Neighborhoods; Violence in the Neighborhood; Summary; Chapter 6 - Future Directions; Childhood in Poverty: Directions for Future Inquiry; Interventions; Teaching and Curricula; Summary; Notes; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Children in Poverty provides professionals and academics working in



clinical and counselling psychology with an interdisciplinary perspective on the effects on children's development of poverty lack of education and a poor social & economic background.