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by Ann S. Masten (Author)
Fully updated with key advances in theory, methods, and research, the second edition of this landmark work features an expanded conceptual framework and a more global perspective on threats to human development, including climate change, war, poverty, racial injustice, and pandemics. Pioneering resilience expert Ann S. Masten illuminates the ordinary but powerful processes that allow many children exposed to trauma and adversity to survive, adapt, and even thrive. The book traces fundamental adaptive systems that have evolved and function synergistically at the neurobiological, psychological, social, community, and cultural levels. Using a range of case examples to illustrate complex concepts, Masten provides a cogent resilience framework for promoting positive development in children at risk.
New to This Edition*Advances in neurobiology, more international (including non-Western) findings and examples, new discussions of cultural identity development, up-to-date intervention research, and more.
*Heightened focus on the interactions of multiple systems--including families, schools, culture, and communities--in supporting children's resilience.
*Increased attention to the impact of structural inequality, poverty, and intergenerational trauma.
*Coverage of rapidly emerging threats--the risks posed to children by multisystem, cascading disasters, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Author Biography
Ann S. Masten, PhD, is Regents Professor of Child Development and Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. An internationally known expert on resilience in human development, she has over 300 publications in scholarly journals and books. Dr. Masten is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a past president of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), and a past president of Division 7 (Developmental Psychology) of the American Psychological Association (APA). She is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the APA. Dr. Masten is the recipient of the 2024 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology for the idea of "ordinary magic" and the 2025 American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award for Impact in Psychology. She has also received the Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development Award from SRCD, the Distinguished Career Contributions to Science Award from the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (APA Division 53), and the Mentor Award and the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society from APA Division 7. Other honors include the Smith College Medal and an honorary doctorate from Erasmus University of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
