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This handbook examines positive youth development (PYD) in youth
and emerging adults from an international perspective. It focuses
on large and underrepresented cultural groups across six continents
within a strengths-based conception of adolescence that considers
all youth as having assets. The volume explores the ways in which
developmental assets, when effectively harnessed, empower youth to
transition into a productive and resourceful adulthood. The book
focuses on PYD across vast geographical regions, including Europe,
Asia, Africa, Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, North America,
and Latin America as well as on strengths and resources for optimal
well-being. The handbook addresses the positive development of
young people across various cultural contexts to advance research,
policy, and practice and inform interventions that foster continued
thriving and reduce the chances of compromised youth development.
It presents theoretical perspectives and supporting empirical
findings to promote a more comprehensive understanding of PYD from
an integrated, multidisciplinary, and multinational perspective.
This book offers a comparative analysis of value and identity
changes in several post-Soviet countries. In light of the
tremendous economic, social and political changes in former
communist states, the authors compare the values, attitudes and
identities of different generations and cultural groups. Based on
extensive empirical data, using quantitative and qualitative
methods to study complex social identities, this book examines how
intergenerational value and identity changes are linked to
socio-economic and political development. Topics include the rise
of nationalist sentiments, identity formation of ethnic and
religious groups and minorities, youth identity formation and
intergenerational value conflicts.
This book offers a comparative analysis of value and identity
changes in several post-Soviet countries. In light of the
tremendous economic, social and political changes in former
communist states, the authors compare the values, attitudes and
identities of different generations and cultural groups. Based on
extensive empirical data, using quantitative and qualitative
methods to study complex social identities, this book examines how
intergenerational value and identity changes are linked to
socio-economic and political development. Topics include the rise
of nationalist sentiments, identity formation of ethnic and
religious groups and minorities, youth identity formation and
intergenerational value conflicts.
The current volume presents new empirical data on well-being of
youth and emerging adults from a global international perspective.
Its outstanding features are the focus on vast geographical regions
(e.g., Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America), and on
strengths and resources for optimal well-being. The international
and multidisciplinary contributions address the complexities of
young people's life in a variety of cultural settings to explore
how key developmental processes such as identity, religiosity and
optimism, social networks, and social interaction in families and
society at large promote optimal and successful adaptation. The
volume draws on core theoretical models of human development to
highlight the applicability of these frameworks to culturally
diverse youth and emerging adults as well as universalities and
cultural specifics in optimal outcomes. With its innovative and
cutting-edge approaches to cultural, theoretical and methodological
issues, the book offers up-to-date evidence and insights for
researchers, practitioners and policy makers in the fields of
cross-cultural psychology, developmental science, human
development, sociology, and social work.
Global Perspectives on Well-Being in Immigrant Families addresses
how immigrant families and their children cope with the demands of
a new country in relation to psychological well-being, adjustment,
and cultural maintenance. The book identifies cultural and
contextual factors that contribute to well-being during a family s
migratory transition to ensure successful outcomes for children and
youth. In addition, the findings presented in this book outline
issues for future policy and practice including preventive
practices that might allow for early intervention and increased
cultural sensitivity among practitioners, school staff, and
researchers. "
This handbook examines positive youth development (PYD) in youth
and emerging adults from an international perspective. It focuses
on large and underrepresented cultural groups across six continents
within a strengths-based conception of adolescence that considers
all youth as having assets. The volume explores the ways in which
developmental assets, when effectively harnessed, empower youth to
transition into a productive and resourceful adulthood. The book
focuses on PYD across vast geographical regions, including Europe,
Asia, Africa, Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, North America,
and Latin America as well as on strengths and resources for optimal
well-being. The handbook addresses the positive development of
young people across various cultural contexts to advance research,
policy, and practice and inform interventions that foster continued
thriving and reduce the chances of compromised youth development.
It presents theoretical perspectives and supporting empirical
findings to promote a more comprehensive understanding of PYD from
an integrated, multidisciplinary, and multinational perspective.
The current volume presents new empirical data on well-being of
youth and emerging adults from a global international perspective.
Its outstanding features are the focus on vast geographical regions
(e.g., Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America), and on
strengths and resources for optimal well-being. The international
and multidisciplinary contributions address the complexities of
young people's life in a variety of cultural settings to explore
how key developmental processes such as identity, religiosity and
optimism, social networks, and social interaction in families and
society at large promote optimal and successful adaptation. The
volume draws on core theoretical models of human development to
highlight the applicability of these frameworks to culturally
diverse youth and emerging adults as well as universalities and
cultural specifics in optimal outcomes. With its innovative and
cutting-edge approaches to cultural, theoretical and methodological
issues, the book offers up-to-date evidence and insights for
researchers, practitioners and policy makers in the fields of
cross-cultural psychology, developmental science, human
development, sociology, and social work.
Immigration is an important social change which requires special
attention because of its direct impact on socio-cultural and family
contexts. As their parents, immigrant children experience profound
life changes due to separation from significant others and more
broadly defined social networks. The present book provides data on
psychosocial outcomes of immigrant children in Italy, where
similarly to other European countries, the percentage of immigrant
groups is in constant increase. Psychological and social adjustment
domains in three ethnic groups were investigated, as well as the
unique contribution of ethnic background on children's family
drawings. The findings indicate that immigrant children present
more adjustment difficulties than their native peers and that
family composition developed in the context of parent-child
relationships in terms of proximity, similarity and value between
self and parental figures relate to drawing outcome in specific
ways for Albanian, Serbian and Italian groups.
Immigration to Italy is a relevant social phenomenon with immigrant
families and their children representing a growing component of the
resident population, but little research has been dedicated on
their adaptation outcomes. The present book contributes to this
direction by providing data on psychological (emotional well-being)
and socio- cultural (socially appropriate interactive skills)
adjustment in immigrant children and their parents in North Italy,
a region characterized by different ethnic communities - immigrant
(Albanians and Serbians) and native (Italian majority and Slovene
minority). Drawing on most widely applied models of adjustment in
cross-cultural transition, the main findings indicate that
immigrant children and parents display more problematic adaptation
patterns compared to the natives. The relevance of these results
can be seen in both theoretical and applied research approaches -
by providing a deeper insight into the problems experienced by
immigrants in Italy and by facilitating interventions assisting
immigrant families in adjusting to their new country of settlement.
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