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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813320303321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, c2000

ISBN

1-322-41351-7

1-4522-2564-8

1-4522-2193-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 296 p.) : ill

Collana

Advances in adolescent development ; ; v. 10

Altri autori (Persone)

MontemayorRaymond

AdamsGerald R. <1946->

GullottaThomas P. <1948->

Disciplina

305.2350973

Soggetti

Teenagers - United States - Social conditions

Adolescence - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.