Friday, August 5, 2011

Family Protective Factors

Garmezy (1991) identified a set of categories of protective factors that have since been widely cited:

(1) dispositional attributes of the child (including temperament and intelligence)
(2) family cohesion and warmth; and
(3) availability and use of external support systems by parents and children.

From Family Resilience and Good Child Outcomes: A Review of the Literature, a New Zealand Report by Ariel Kalil

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