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Resilience in children

Wed, 12 November 2008

In 2007 Nuffield’s Child Protection and Family Justice Programme launched a call for research proposals that examined the issue of resilience in children - how some children and young people manage to survive troubles and traumas in their early years and go on to lead satisfying and constructive lives

The successful proposal came from Dr Sara Jaffee, at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. She has been awarded a grant to study how genes interact with adverse environmental factors. Dr Jaffe and her team will aim to link the effect of specific genetic variants with children’s psychological outcomes when exposed to harsh, non-supportive parenting in early childhood.

Dr Jaffee's webpage lists her previous research into how stressful environments exacerbate underlying genetic vulnerabilities to affect children’s development

Last Updated Wed, 12 November 2008