Ann Masten: Resources on Resilience

Recent resources by Ann Masten, Professor in the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota, and a speaker at the Dart Center's Global Reporting Institute on Early Childhood Experience & the Developing Brain; March 9-12, 2017.

Book

Masten, A. S. (2014, paperback ed. 2015). Ordinary magic: Resilience in development. New York: Guilford Press. This book summarizes what I learned about resilience over the past four decades.

A nice summary of the case for investing in young children globally

Huebner, G., et al. (2016). Beyond survival: The case for investing in young children globally. NAM Perspectives. National Academy of Medicine.

Article for general audiences on resilience

Masten, A. S. (2009). Ordinary Magic: Lessons from research on resilience in human development. Education Canada, 49(3), 28-32.

Children in war and disaster

Masten, A. S., & Narayan, A. J. (2012). Child development in the context of disaster, war and terrorism: Pathways of risk and resilience. Annual Review of Psychology, 63, 227-257.

Masten, A. S., Narayan, A. J., Silverman, W. K., & Osofsky, J. D. (2015). Children in war and disaster. In R. M. Lerner (Ed.), M. H. Bornstein and T. Leventhal (vol. Eds.), Handbook of child psychology and developmental science. Vol. 4. Ecological settings and processes in developmental systems (7th ed.) (pp. 704-745). New York: Wiley. A more detailed recent review.

Overview of the Project Competence Longitudinal Study

Masten, A. S., & Tellegen, A. (2012). Resilience in developmental psychopathology: Contributions of the Project Competence Longitudinal Study. Development and Psychopathology, 24, 345-361.

Resilience section (edited by Masten). There is also a summary here, as well as additional articles written by leading researchers.

A readable discussion about resilience by leading researchers

Southwick, S. M., Bonanno, G. A., Masten, A. S., Panter-Brick, C., & Yehuda, R. (2014). Resilience definitions theory, and challenges: Interdisciplinary perspectives. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 5, 1-14. Paper based on the transcript of an interesting panel discussion.

Article for general audiences on resilience

Masten, A. S. (2009). Ordinary Magic: Lessons from research on resilience in human development. Education Canada, 49(3), 28-32.

Risk and resilience in homeless families

Masten, A. S., Fiat, A. E., & Labella, M. H., & R. Strack (2015). Educating homeless and highly mobile students: Implications of research on risk and resilience. School Psychology Review, 44, 315-330. 

Children in war and disaster

Masten, A. S., & Narayan, A. J. (2012). Child development in the context of disaster, war and terrorism: Pathways of risk and resilience. Annual Review of Psychology, 63, 227-257.

Masten, A. S., Narayan, A. J., Silverman, W. K., & Osofsky, J. D. (2015). Children in war and disaster. In R. M. Lerner (Ed.), M. H. Bornstein and T. Leventhal (vol. Eds.), Handbook of child psychology and developmental science. Vol. 4. Ecological settings and processes in developmental systems (7th ed.) (pp. 704-745). New York: Wiley. A more detailed recent review.

Overview of the Project Competence Longitudinal Study

Masten, A. S., & Tellegen, A. (2012). Resilience in developmental psychopathology: Contributions of the Project Competence Longitudinal Study. Development and Psychopathology, 24, 345-361.