Emmy Werner (psychologist)

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Emmy Werner (also Emmy Elisabeth Werner-Jacobsen ; born May 26, 1929 in Eltville am Rhein ; † October 12, 2017 ) was an American developmental psychologist . She received her Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska and was a professor in the Department of Human and Community Development at UC Davis .

Scientific work

Werner achieved international fame for her longitudinal study on 698 children on the Hawaiian island of Kauai . The study, published in 1977, showed that children exposed to biological / medical and social risk factors (such as childbirth complications or poverty) develop more negatively on average than children who are not exposed to such risk factors. For example, they are more likely to be delinquent, mentally and physically less healthy, and later on less successful professionally. However, the most noticed result of Werner's study was that there were also children who develop positively despite numerous risk factors. That was the case for about a third of these children. These children are very resilient .

Publications

  • 1977: The Children of Kauai. A longitudinal study from the prenatal period to age ten. University of Hawai'i Press, ISBN 0-8248-0475-9 .
  • 1982: Vulnerable but Invincible. A longitudinal study of resilient children and youth. Together with RS Smith. McGraw Hill, New York
  • 1989: Vulnerable, but Invincible Adams, Bannister and Cox, New York, NY
  • 1992: Overcoming the odds. High risk children from birth to adulthood. Together with RS Smith. Cornell University Press, Ithaca / London
  • 1992: Overcoming the Odds. High risk children from birth to adulthood. Together with RS Smith. Cornell University Press, Ithaca / London
  • 1995: Pioneer Children on the Journey West . Westview Press, Boulder, CO
  • 1998: Reluctant witnesses. Children's voices from the civil war. Westview Press, Boulder, CO
  • 1999: Through the Eyes of Innocents. Children witness World War II. Westview Press, Boulder, CO
    • German edition: Innocent Witnesses. World War II in the eyes of children. Europa Verlag, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-20-384027-8 .
  • 2001: Journeys from Childhood to Midlife. Risk resilience and recovery. Together with RS Smith. Cornell University Press, Ithaca / London
  • 2002: A Conspiracy of Decency. The rescue of the Danish Jews in World War II. Westview Press, Boulder, CO
  • 2005: What can we learn about resilience from large-scale longitudinal studies? In: S. Goldstein, R. Books (Ed.): Handbook of resilience in children. Kluwer Academic, New York
  • 2006: In Pursuit of Liberty. Coming of Age in the American Revolution. Praeger, Westport, CT

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry at prabook.com , accessed on December 3, 2017
  2. ^ Emmy Werner - Department of Human Ecology. In: ucdavis.edu. Retrieved May 17, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Werner, Emmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Werner-Jacobsen, Emmy Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American developmental psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Eltville on the Rhine
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 2017