ISBN:
9401794146
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (250 S.)
Edition:
1. Aufl.
Series Statement:
Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology v.11
Parallel Title:
Print version Youth Resilience and Culture : Commonalities and Complexities
DDC:
150
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Until researchers and theorists account for the complex relationship between resilience and culture, explanations of why some individuals prevail in the face of adversity will remain incomplete. This edited volume addresses this crucial issue by bringing together emerging discussions of the ways in which culture shapes resilience, the theory that informs these various studies, and important considerations for researchers as they continue to investigate resilience. Using research from majority and minority world contexts, 'Youth Resilience and Culture: Commonalities and Complexities' highlights that non-stereotypical, critical appreciation of the cultural systems in which youth are embedded, and/or affiliate with, is pivotal to understanding why particular resilience processes matter for particular youth in a particular life-world at a particular point in time. In doing so, this book sensitizes readers to the importance of accounting for the influence of cultural contexts on resilience processes, and to the danger of conceptualising and/or operationalising resilience, culture, and their interplay, simplistically or idealistically. In short, the progressive contents of 'Youth Resilience and Culture: Commonalities and Complexities' make it an essential read for resilience-focused scholars, students, academics, and researchers, as well as policy makers, practitioners, and humanitarian workers engaged with high-risk populations. Linda Theron, D.Ed. (Educational Psychology), is professor in the Faculty of Humanities, North-West University, South Africa. Her research explores why, and how, some South African youth adjust well to poverty, orphanhood, and/or learning difficulties, and how sociocultural contexts shape their processes of resilience (see www.Lindatheron.org / www.optentia.co.za). She is an associate editor of the South African Journal of Education and School Psychology International. In 2013, the Education Association of South Africa awarded her a research medal for her contributions to a richer understanding of resilience processes in South African youth. Linda Liebenberg, D.Phil., is Co-Director of the Resilience Research Centre, and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dalhousie University. Her work focuses on the use of elicitation methods and mixed-methods designs in understanding the lives of children and youth living in challenging contexts, with a focus on resilience processes. Her work also includes the design of measurement instruments used with children and youth. She has published and presented internationally on resilience related themes relevant to the understanding of youth across cultures and contexts. Her publications include the two co-edited volumes (with Michael Ungar, Ph.D.) Researching Resilienceand Resilience in Action.Michael Ungar, Ph.D.,is the Killam Professor of Social Work at Dalhousie University, Network Director, CYCC Network, and Co-Director of the Resilience Research Centre. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and chapters and 11 books on the topic of resilience and its application to clinical and community work with children and families with complex needs (the Social Ecological Approach to counseling). His latest work includes a clinical textbook Counseling in Challenging Contexts, an edited volume of international papers, The Social Ecology of Resilience: A Handbook of Theory and Practice, and a novel The Social Worker.
Description / Table of 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
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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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
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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´s Story; 4.4.1.1 A Childhood of Abuse; 4.4.1.2 Caring `Kin´ Compensate; 4.4.1.3 Generosity to Self and Others Helps Harmony Adjust; 4.5 The Case of Atile; 4.5.1 Atile´s 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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
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5.2.2 Relationships
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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