… Before proceeding, we must reiterate what we emphasize repeatedly: that affluent parents
as a group are neither neglectful nor disparaging (Luthar & Barkin, 2012; Luthar & Laten…

… As reported in our 2005 review (Luthar & Latendresse, 2005a), our first affluent cohort
comprised high schoolers from an affluent Northeastern suburb (Luthar & D’Avanzo, 1999). Cohort …

… Identifying gender-specific risk and protective factors has therefore become a primary aim
in the study of affluent youth (Luthar et al. 2013) and must be considered in the current study. …

Excessive pressures to excel, generally in affluent contexts, are now listed among the top 4 “high
risk” factors for adolescents’ mental health, along with exposure to poverty, trauma, and …

… we have commonly used in the past (Luthar, Citation2003; Luthar & Latendresse, Citation2005)
and instead refer now more simply to youth in HAS (Luthar & Kumar, Citation2018). The …

In discussing how merit is commonly judged in academia, my focus in this article is not on
dimensions that are currently considered but on those that warrant more attention. Grounded …

… , 2006); accordingly, in reviewing evidence on risk modifiers, it makes sense to prioritize
domains in terms of overall likelihood of yielding benefits in interventions (Luthar & Brown, 2007)…

In this chapter, we review evidence on a group recently identified as “at risk,” that is, youth
growing up in the context of high-achieving schools (HAS), predominated by well-educated, …

Youth in high-achieving schools (HASs) are now declared to be an “at-risk group,” largely
because of strong, ongoing pressures to achieve. In this study, we sought to disentangle …

In developmental science, we must work toward ensuring that at-risk mothers regularly
receive personal nurturance as they continue with the decades-long task of raising children. …