Open AccessResilience in Adolescence, Health, and Psychosocial Outcomes
Author(s) -
Gene H. Brody,
Tianyi Yu,
Gregory E. Miller,
Edith Chen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 345
eISSN - 1098-4275
pISSN - 0031-4005
DOI - 10.1542/peds.2016-1042
Subject(s) - disadvantaged , psychosocial , medicine , psychological resilience , gerontology , mental health , graduation (instrument) , depression (economics) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , political science , macroeconomics , geometry , mathematics , economics , law
This study was designed to determine whether black adolescents from disadvantaged backgrounds who have an unrelenting determination to succeed would, as adults, show "skin-deep resilience" by faring well in psychosocial domains but also show a heightened chance of having a chronic disease, specifically type 2 diabetes.
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