ISBN:
9781412922883
Language:
English
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] eblib 2007 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
EBL-Schweitzer
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Approaches to positive youth development
DDC:
362.7083
Keywords:
Adolescents
;
Youth development
;
Youth development
;
Youth - Services for
;
Youth -- Services for
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Jugendpsychologie
Abstract:
Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; SECTION ONE Introduction; 1 Approaches to Positive Youth Development: A View of the Issues; SECTION TWO Models of Positive Development in Adolescence and Young Adulthood; 2 Developmental Assets: An Overview of Theory, Research, and Practice; 3 Civic Engagement as an Expression of Positive Youth Development; 4 Empathy-Related Responding: Its Role in Positive Development and Socialization Correlates; 5 Soci(et)al Scaffolding of Individual Growth across the Life Span; SECTION THREE Multiple Contexts of Positive Youth Development
Abstract:
6 Perceived Social Inequity and Responses to Conflict among Diverse Youth of Color: The Effects of Social and Physical Context on Youth Behavior and Attitudes7 Not You! Not Here! Not Now!; 8 Life Chances and Opportunities in Times of Social Change: Evidence from Two British Birth Cohorts; 9 Social Control and Adolescent Development: A View from Life-Course Criminology; 10 Social Support and Positive Development: Looking on the Bright Side of Adolescent Close Relationships
Abstract:
11 The Long Way to Entrepreneurship: Personality, Parenting, Early Interests, and Competencies as Precursors for Entrepreneurial Activity among the'Termites'SECTION FOUR Interventions and Social Policy; 12 Adolescent Spirituality and Positive Youth Development: A Look at Religion, Social Capital, and Moral Functioning; 13 Youth Political Activism: Sources of Public Hope in the Context of Globalization; 14 Macrosocial Worries as a Source of Positive Youth Development: Results of a 20-Year Longitudinal Study and Policy Implications
Abstract:
15 From 'I' to 'We': Development of the Capacity for Teamwork in Youth Programs16 Prevention against Substance Misuse: Life Skills and Positive Youth Development; 17 Building Resources in the Context of Socioeconomic Disadvantage: Lessons from Research for Social Policies; Author Index; Subject Index
Abstract:
Scientific research and science-guided practice based on the promotion of an individual's strengths constitutes a radical shift in a new and growing area of study within the field of human development. Its trademark term is `positive youth development'. This approach to human development is based on the idea that, in addition to preventing problems, science and practice should promote the development of competencies, skills, and motivation in order to enhance individuals' developmental pathways. Approaches to Positive Youth Development, is based on this concept and brings together authors
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