Approaches to positive youth development. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Rainer K. Silbereisen & Richard M. Lerner.
• Other Names: Silbereisen, R. K (Rainer K.), 1944-; Lerner, Richard M
• Contents: PART ONE: INTRODUCTION; PART TWO: MODELS OF POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENCE AND YOUNG ADULTHOOD - Rainer K Silbereisen and Richard M Lerner; Developmental Assets - Peter Benson; An Overview of Theory, Research and Practice; Civic Engagement as an Expression of Positive Youth Development - Lonnie Sherrod; Empathy-related Responding - Nancy Eisenberg; Its Role in Positive Development and Socialization Correlates; Soci(et)al Scaffolding of Individual Growth Across the Life Span - Jutta Heckhausen; PART THREE: MULTIPLE CONTEXTS OF POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT; Perceived Social Inequity and Responses to Conflict among Diverse Youth of Color - Davido Dupree et al; The Effects of Social and Physical Context on Youth Behavior and Attitudes; Not You! Not Here! Not Now! - Jacquelynne S Eccles and Corinne Alfeld; Life Chances and Opportunities in Times of Social Change - Ingrid Schoon; Evidence from Two British Birth Cohorts; Social Control and Adolescent Development - John H Laub et al; A View from Life-Course Criminology; Social Support and Positive Development - Karen S Mooney et al; Looking on the Bright Side of Adolescent Close Relationships; The Long Way to Entrepreneurship - Eva Schmitt-Rodermund; Personality, Parenting, Early Interests and Competencies as Precursors for Entrepreneurial Activity among the `Termites'; PART FOUR: INTERVENTIONS AND SOCIAL POLICY; Adolescent Spirituality and Positive Youth Development - Pamela Ebstyne King; A Look at Religion, Social Capital and Moral Functioning; Youth Political Activism - Constance Flanagan et al; Sources of Public Hope in the Context of Globalization; Macrosocial Worries as a Source of Positive Youth Development - Klaus Boehnke et al; Results of a 20-Year Longitudinal Study and Policy Implications; From `I' to `We' - Reed Larson; Development of the Capacity for Teamwork in Youth Programs; Prevention Against Substance Use - Karina Weichold; Life-skills and Positive Youth Development; Building Resources in the Context of Socio-Economic Disadvantage - Cigdem Kagitcibasi; Lessons from Research for Social Policies;
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (368 pages)
• Subjects: 305.235/5; Youth development; Youth -- Services for
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446223031; 1446223035
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