Werner, Emmy E., <br/><br/>
Overcoming the odds :  high risk children from birth to adulthood / 
Emmy E. Werner and Ruth S. Smith. 
 - xiv, 280 pages :  illustrations, map ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-267) and index. 
<br/><br/> List of Tables --  List of Figures --  Acknowledgments --  Introduction --  The Context of the Study --  Ordinary People --  The Resilient Children in Adulthood --  Teenage Mothers in Later Years --  Delinquents with and without Records of Adult Crimes --  Mental Health Problems: Troubled Youths Grown Up --  Stressful Events in Childhood and Youth and Adult Adaptation --  Protective Factors and Adult Adaptation --  Summing Up --  Appendix I --  Tables 1-28 --  Figures A1-A4 --  Appendix II --  Summary of Data Base: Kauai Longitudinal Study --  Summary of Scoring System for Prenatal-Perinatal Complications --  Instruments Used in the 31/32-Year Follow-Up --  Interview --  Questionnaire --  Life Event Checklist --  Scoring System for Ratings of Adult Adaptation --  References --  Index.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0801480183 9780801480188 0801425840 9780801425844 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>91023415 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children--Hawaii--Kauai--Longitudinal studies<br/>Children with social disabilities--Hawaii--Kauai--Longitudinal studies<br/>Life change events--Hawaii--Kauai--Longitudinal studies
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ792.U5  / W39 1992 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>370.1110996941