Overcoming the Odds
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Overcoming the Odds looks closely at the lives of an ethnically diverse group of 505 men and women who were born in 1955 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai and who have been monitored from the prenatal period through early adulthood by psychologists, pediatricians, public health professionals, and social workers. Werner and Smith trace the impact of a variety of biological and psycho-social risk factors and stressful events on the development of these...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801480183
ISBN13:9780801480188
Release Date:March 1992
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.99 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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Many years of data
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
The Kauai study of children born in 1955 is famous. These investigators bring to life the enormous amount of data that they have gathered, since that time. They also propose changes in the way we raise our children, based on their data.
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