Emmy E. Werner's research while affiliated with University of California, Davis and other places

Publications (6)

Article
This report summarizes the major findings of a 40-year longitudinal study of a multi-racial cohort of children who had been exposed to poverty, perinatal stress, parental psychopathology and family discord. Individuals are members of the Kauai Longitudinal Study, which followed all children born in 1955 on a Hawaiian island from the prenatal period...
Article
This article summarizes the major findings of a longitudinal study that traced the developmental paths of a multiracial cohort of children who had been exposed to perinatal stress, chronic poverty, and a family environment troubled by chronic discord and parental psychopathology. Individuals are members of the Kauai Longitudinal Study, which follow...

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... W interpretacji Anny Boruckiej i Krzysztofa Ostaszewskiego resilience "koncentruje się na wyjaśnianiu fenomenu, jakim jest dobre funkcjonowanie niektórych jednostek mimo niekorzystnych warunków życia, przeciwności losu i/lub zdarzeń traumatycznych" (Borucka i Ostaszewski, 2008, s. 1). Autorzy w formułowaniu swego rozumienia powołali się na badania retrospektywne Emmy E. Werner (1994;2000) i jej współpracowników nad rozwojem dzieci w niekorzystnych warunkach życiowych, które miały istotny wkład w badania nad zjawiskiem pozytywnej adaptacji. ...
... Bireylerin yaşamında karşılarına çıkan negatif olaylarda strese sebep olan durumlara ve yaşamlarını değiştirilebilen olaylara belirli bir süreçte uyum sağlayabilmeleri için en önemli unsur, kişilerin bazı adımlar atmasını zorunlu hale getiren, gayret ve zaman gerektiren bununla birlikte de devamlı bir süreç olan zihinsel dayanıklılık kavramıdır (9)(10)(11)(12). Stresin negatif tesirlerini azaltan bir kişilik özelliği olan zihinsel dayanıklılık, bazı araştırmalara göre genetik niteliklerini baz alarak bireylerin dayanıklı doğduklarını ortaya koymaktadır (13,14). ...
... For example, a study showed that when individuals high in resilience are faced with complex situations in which they can be of assistance, they are able to use high levels of energy and resources in order to help others (Benson et al., 2006). Other scholars have found that resilience, as an important positive psychological trait of individual development, can help individuals maintain high empathy; empathy and resilience can, in turn, reliably predict altruism, denoting that those with high resilience are more likely to show altruistic behaviors (Werner, 1992;Leontopoulou, 2010). ...
... Sie erhielt prägende Impulse von der Entwicklungspsychologin und Resilienzforscherin Emmy Werner und ihren Kolleginnen und Kollegen. Im Rahmen ihrer bekannten Längsschnittstudie auf der Hawaii-Insel Kauai erfuhr das Konstrukt der Resilienz erstmals internationale wissenschaftliche Beachtung (Werner 1993). In dieser Studie wurden über 40 Jahre verschiedene Entwicklungsaspekte bei fast 700 Kindern untersucht, die im Jahr 1955 auf der Insel Kauai geboren worden waren. ...
... Achterliggende factoren als kwetsbaarheid en veerkracht van kinderen (Garmezy 1991;Rutter 1985;Werner 1996) zijn niet betrokken in ons onderzoek. De kwetsbaarheid van asielzoekerskinderen uit zich volgens diverse bronnen (Andersson et al. 2005;Fazel en Stein 2002Hodes et al. 2008;Hodes en Tolmac 2005) met name in internaliserende problematiek en veel minder in externaliserende gedragsproblemen. ...