Deck 53: Resilience in Childhood

Question 1

Estimates are that __________children are seriously abused in the United States each year.

A) 100,000
B) 500,000
C) 1 million
D) 2 million

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The key characteristic of resilience in children is __________.

A) connectedness
B) adversity
C) chronic stress
D) physical stress

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The Isle of Wight studies in England (Rutter, Yule, Morton, and Bagley, 1975) identified four risk factors that contribute to delinquency, school failure, and mental health problems. Which of the following is NOT associated with these findings?

A) serious family discord
B) parental deviance
C) low socioeconomic status
D) hereditary chronic illness

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Characteristics of resilience fall into three major categories. Which of the following is NOT one of these categories?

A) Characteristics of the child
B) Characteristics of the family
C) Characteristics of the community
D) Characteristics of the school environment

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a protective factor in disadvantaged children?

A) Having a cohesive family
B) Being male
C) Having friends
D) Being in a family of less than 4 children, spaced more than 2 years apart

Question 6

Which of the following does NOT increase the risk of a child being abused?

A) Having health problems
B) Having a hyperactive personality
C) Being older than 3 years
D) Coming from a home stressed by poverty

Question 7

Resilience is __________.

A) a character trait that is inborn and cannot be influenced by anyone or anything
B) a dynamic process arising from interactions between children and the events and people in their lives
C) not affected by serendipity, or luck
D) increased with greater exposure to adverse events, such as living in poverty, because such exposure makes a person "tough"

Question 8

Resilience is generally thought of as a character trait, inherent in resilient children.

Question 9

Resilience does not imply that there are no harmful effects from adversity.

Question 10

In a longitudinal study of disadvantaged children on the island of Kauai in Hawaii, researchers found that mothers of resilient children often worked outside the home.

Question 11

Resilience means being "hardy" or "invulnerable."