Description |
xii, 352 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Approaches to positive youth development : a view of the issues / Rainer K. Silbereisen and Richard M. Lerner -- Developmental assets : an overview of theory, research, and practice / Peter L. Benson -- Civic engagement as an expression of positive youth development / Lonnie Sherrod -- Empathy-related responding : its role in positive development and socialization correlates / Nancy Eisenberg -- Soci(et)al scaffolding of individual growth across the life span / Jutta Heckhausen -- Perceived social inequity and responses to conflict among diverse youth of color : the effects of social and physical context on youth behavior and attitudes / Davido Dupree, Margaret Beale Spencer, and Suzanne Fegley -- Not you! Not here! Not now! / Jacquelynne S. Eccles and Corinne Alfeld -- Life chances and opportunities in times of social change : evidence from two British birth cohorts / Ingrid Schoon -- Social control and adolescent development : a view from life-course criminology / John H. Laub, Elaine Eggleston Doherty, and Robert J. Sampson -- Social support and positive development : looking on the bright side of adolescent close relationships / Karen S. Mooney, Brett Laursen, and Ryan E. Adams -- The long way to entrepreneurship : personality, parenting, early interests, and competencies as precursors for entrepreneurial activity among the 'Termites' / Eva Schmitt-Rodermund -- Adolescent spirituality and positive youth development : a look at religion, social capital, and moral functioning / Pamela Ebstyne King -- Youth political activism : sources of public hope in the context of globalization / Constance Flanagan, Amy Syvertsen, and Laura Wray-Lake -- Macrosocial worries as a source of positive youth development : results of a 20-year longitudinal study and policy implications / Klaus Boehnke, Daniel Fuss, and Mandy Boehnke -- From 'I' to 'we' : development of the capacity for teamwork in youth programs / Reed W. Larson -- Prevention against substance misuse : life skills and positive youth development / Karina Weichold -- Building resources in the context of socioeconomic disadvantage : lessons from research for social policies / Cigdem Kagitcibasi |
Summary |
The main focus of this book, beyond a clarification of the paradigmatic foundations, concerns the major contexts of adolescents and young adults, namely, neighbourhoods and leisure locales, school and family, and the major themes of healthy psychosocial development |
Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
Subject |
Youth development.
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Youth -- Services for.
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Adolescent Behavior.
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Adolescent Development.
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Adolescent Health Services.
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Social Environment.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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Adolescent Behavior.
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Adolescent Development.
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Adolescent Health Services.
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Social Environment.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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Author |
Lerner, Richard M.
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Silbereisen, R. K. (Rainer K.), 1944-
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LC no. |
2007920912 |
ISBN |
1412922887 (hbk.) |
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9781412922883 (hbk.) |
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