Poverty and children's adjustment
By: Suniya S. Luthar.
Series: Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry series ;; v. 41; Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry ;; v. 41.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
Subjects: Poor children -- United States -- Psychology.; Children with social disabilities -- United States -- Psychology.; Poverty -- United States -- Psychological aspects.; Adjustment (Psychology) in children -- United States.; Child psychopathology -- United States.
Description: Poverty and Children's Adjustment gives an interdisciplinary perspective on the effects of poverty, lack of education, and other negative socioeconomic forces on children's development. This volume provides an in-depth review of the literature on psychopathology among children faced with sociodemographic disadvantage, as well as suggested directions for future research. Suniya S.

Luthar integrates findings of empirical research, conducted over the past three decades, on processes implicated in the adjustment to socioeconomic deprivation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-114) and indexes.