Youth resilience and culture : commonalities and complexities /: commonalities and complexities. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Linda C. Theron, Linda Liebenberg, Michael Ungar, editors.
• Editors: Theron, Linda C; Liebenberg, Linda; Ungar, Michael, 1963-
• Contents: Preface; References; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Editors and Contributors; Part I: The Complex Interactions of Resilience and Culture; Chapter 1: Pathways to Resilience in Context; 1.1 What Is Resilience?; 1.2 Key Concepts and Terminology; 1.3 Key Issue: Is Resilience an Individual Trait or a Dynamic Multi-determined Process?; 1.4 Models of Resilience; 1.4.1 Person-Focused Models; 1.4.2 Variable-Focused Models: Testing Promotive, Protective, Mediating, and Preventive Effects; 1.4.3 Pathways and Trajectories: Hybrid Models. 1.5 The Importance of an Ecological Perspective in Resilience ScienceReferences; Chapter 2: Understanding Cultural Contexts and Their Relationship to Resilience Processes; 2.1 What Is Culture?; 2.1.1 Conventional Understandings of Culture; 2.2 Interactive Macro- and Microsystemic Cultural Contexts: Some Explanations of Process; 2.3 Interactive Macro- and Microsystemic Cultural Contexts: Some Limitations for Explaining Resilience Processes; 2.4 An Alternative Understanding: Culture as Capital and a Co-constructed Process; Conclusion; References. Chapter 3: Resilience and Culture: The Diversity of Protective Processes and Positive Adaptation3.1 What Is Culture? What Is Context?; 3.2 Common and Unique Protective Factors; 3.3 What Is Resilience?; 3.4 Cultural Relativism; 3.4.1 The Influence of the Dominant Culture; 3.4.2 Within Group Resistance to Subgroup Norms; 3.4.3 Cultural Differences in Discursive Power; 3.5 Different Cultures, Different Values; Conclusion; References; Part II: Illustrative (Case) Studies: Youth Resilience and Culture. Chapter 4: Cultural Pathways to Resilience: Opportunities and Obstacles as Recalled by Black South African Students4.1 An African Worldview and Ubuntu; 4.2 The Protective Value of an African Worldview: South African Findings; 4.3 The Cases of Harmony and Atile; 4.4 The Case of Harmony; 4.4.1 Harmony℗þs Story; 4.4.1.1 A Childhood of Abuse; 4.4.1.2 Caring `Kin℗þ Compensate; 4.4.1.3 Generosity to Self and Others Helps Harmony Adjust; 4.5 The Case of Atile; 4.5.1 Atile℗þs Story; 4.5.1.1 Duty to the Collective Sustains Atile; 4.5.1.2 A Childhood of Disadvantage; 4.5.1.3 Caring Kin Compensate. 4.5.1.4 Belief Systems Support and Challenge Adjustment4.5.1.5 Educational Aspirations as an Opportunity to Contribute to Kin; 4.6 The Complexity of Culturally-Shaped Resilience Processes: Lessons from the Stories of Harmony and Atile; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Resilience Among Zimbabwean Youths with Orphanhood; 5.1 Collectivistic Cultural Template Expectations; 5.1.1 Burden of Care Perceptions; 5.1.2 Tensions from Accessing Resources; 5.1.3 Moderators to Resource Access; 5.2 Processes of Resilience in Contexts of Orphanhood: Preliminary Evidence; 5.2.1 Material Resources.
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 250 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 155.51824; Resilience (Personality trait) in adolescence -- Social aspects; Resilience (Personality trait) in adolescence; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General; PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General; PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development; PSYCHOLOGY -- General; Resilience (Personality trait) in adolescence; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789401794152; 9401794154
• Related ISBNs: 9789401794145; 9401794146
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 10, 2014).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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