Date of Award:
5-2006
Document Type:
Dissertation
Degree Name:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department:
Education
Committee Chair(s)
Janice Hall
Committee
Janice Hall
Committee
Gary Carlston
Committee
Michael Freeman
Committee
Steven Laing
Committee
Brett Shelton
Abstract
This study investigates the processes of resiliency and the turning points of decision-making in youth from at-risk environments. The study utilizes a constructivist, qualitative approach, to examine indicators of resiliency from both an individual and contextual perspective. The narrative descriptions of eleven adults from at-risk childhoods are analyzed through biographical interviews.
Analyses were completed to determine common factors that contribute to the process of resiliency in successful adults. Results indicate that the influences of risk on healthy functioning are modified by shifting environmental protective factors, resources, and developed attributes of self-efficacy. Risk and adversity had a strengthening effect that contributed to participant success in adult life.
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Recommended Citation
Monson, Michael E., "Turning Points and Protective Processes: A Qualitative Study on Resilient Youth Through Their Perspective as Resilient Adults" (2006). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 8353.
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