Roots of Resilience: The Sex Factor.

Bower, B.

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ERIC Number: EJ341823

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Publication Date: 1986

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Roots of Resilience: The Sex Factor.

Bower, B.

Science News, v130 n9 p142 Aug 30 1986

Reports on two studies related to the effect of early stress on the social and academic development of boys and girls. Suggested that the social resiliency of boys was relatively consistent from age 3 to 18, while girls had no such pattern. Academic performance of boys was lower than girls. (TW)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coping, Early Experience, Family Environment, Mother Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Resilience (Personality), Sex Differences, Social Adjustment, Social Behavior, Stress Variables, Young Children

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