Academic resilience research has the potential to improve the learning outcomes of students
at risk of school failure, yet there is no standard approach to its measurement. This review …

Youth homelessness is a growing concern in the United States. Despite difficulties studying
this population due to inconsistent definitions of what it means to be a youth and homeless …

" Across diverse disciplines, the term resilience is appearing more and more often. However,
while each discipline has developed theory and models to explain the resilience of the …

This article delineates parallel frameworks that grew out of the research on risk and
resilience over the past four decades, a framework for research and a framework for …

From a pioneering researcher, this book synthesizes the best current knowledge on
resilience in children and adolescents. Ann S. Masten explores what allows certain …

This chapter was prepared when all authors were at Columbia University's Teachers
College; Luthar and Small are currently at Arizona State University. The authors gratefully …

School climate has been lauded for its relationship to a host of desirable academic,
behavioral, and social–emotional outcomes for youth. The present study tested the …

Social disruption caused by natural disasters often interrupts educational opportunities for
children. However, little is known about children's learning in the following years. This study …

This investigation tested the importance of early academic achievement for later
achievement trajectories among 18,011 students grouped by level of socioeconomic risk …

Analyses examined academic achievement data across third through eighth grades (N=
26,474), comparing students identified as homeless or highly mobile (HHM) with other …