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The Development of the Person: The Minnesota Study of Risk and Adaptation from Birth to Adulthood. By L. Alan Sroufe, Byron Egeland, Elizabeth A. Carlson, and W. Andrew Collins, xvi + 384 pages. Guilford Press, 2005.
The title conveys the scope of this study quite well. This volume represents the final report of this large and impressive study of 180 children born into poverty. The primary investigators are all established figures in child developmental research and hold prestigious positions at the University of Minnesota. The study was organized and conducted with a high degree of methodological sophistication and careful controls. The study covers the details of...