A close bond with at least one caring adult is the most critical protective factor for resilient children¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 1991 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Most children identified as resilient had established a close bond with at least one person who provided stable care, despite family risk conditions. → Benard 1991

Evidence¶

Benard 1991¶

Benard, B. (1991). Fostering Resiliency in Kids: Protective Factors in the Family, School, and Community. Western Regional Center for Drug-Free Schools and Communities, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED335781

q2 · i? · review · r1

The review reports, citing Werner and other protective-factor researchers, that "most children identified as resilient have had the opportunity to establish a close bond with at least one person" who provided stable care. No effect size is printed.

"despite the burden of parental psychopathology, family discord, or chronic poverty, most children identified as resilient have had the opportunity to establish a close bond with at least one person"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Prospective longitudinal studies of high-risk children found that a greater percentage became healthy, competent young adults than developed problems — related
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