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Pure speculation: could be that poor kids were more likely to have dealt with similar problems or even just to have dealt with similar levels of suffering, and
by slurgfest 14y ago
Pure speculation: could be that poor kids were more likely to have dealt with similar problems or even just to have dealt with similar levels of suffering, and therefore respond with a little more short-term resilience.
Not like anyone can do follow-ups on this research any more.
- JonnieCache 14y agoMore idle speculation: self-reliance and/or initiative are inversely correlated with social class/socioeconomic status/whatever.
- berntb 14y ago>>Not like anyone can do follow-ups on this research any more. A modest proposal: Places like Syria seems to not only torture dissidents but also their children -- and the regime need cash because of all the sanctions. The Syrian Bath party was even inspired by the nazis, so there is precedent for getting experimental data. (Sorry about this, sometimes my humor disgusts me too.)