Adolescent diversity in ethnic, economic, and cultural contexts [electronic resource] / edited by Raymond Montemayor, Gerald R. Adams, Thomas P. Gullotta.

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Book
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English
Published/​Created
Thousand Oaks, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, c2000.
Description
1 online resource (viii, 296 p.) : ill.

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By summarising and integrating theory and research on adolescents from a diversity of backgrounds, this text presents a picture of these understudied and misunderstood adolescents by focusing on the positive, healthy development of minorities.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Specialized.
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English
Contents
  • Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Paths to Adulthood:Adolescent Diversity in Contemporary America; Chapter 2 - Competence among Urban Adolescents in Poverty: Multiple Forms, Contexts, and Developmental Processes; Chapter 3 - Rural Youth: Ecological and Life Course Perspectives; Chapter 4 - Growing Up in Appalachia: Ecological Influences on Adolescent Development; Chapter 5 - Indian Adolescence: Opportunity and Challenge; Chapter 6 - Healthy Adjustment in Mexican American and Other Hispanic Adolescents
  • Chapter 7 - Asian American Adolescents: A Research Review to Dispel the Model Minority MythChapter 8 - Ecological Correlates of the Social and Emotional Adjustment of African American Adolescents; Chapter 9 - Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Studying Minority Adolescents; Chapter 10 - The Variety of Adolescent Experiences; Name Index; Subject Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors
ISBN
  • 1-322-41351-7
  • 1-4522-2564-8
  • 1-4522-2193-6
OCLC
  • 809771852
  • 808376168
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