Cultural and contextual perspectives on developmental risk and well-being /

Cultural and contextual perspectives on developmental risk and well-being / edited by Jacob A. Burack, McGill University, Louis A. Schmidt, McMaster University. - 1 online resource (xix, 295 pages) : illustrations - Interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge and development : the Jean Piaget symposium series ; 39 . - Interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge and development ; 39. .

Peer Victimization and Biological Functioning.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introductory Remarks: Cultural and Contextual Perspectives on Developmental Risk and Well-Being; Risk and Well-being within the Discipline of Developmental Psychopathology; Overview of the Volume; Part I Cultural Perspectives on Developmental Risk and Well-Being; 2 Using Multicultural Research to Expand the Scope of Developmental Psychopathology; Empirically Based Efforts to Identify Syndromes. Developmental PsychopathologyEmpirically Based Assessment and Taxonomy of Psychopathology; Cross-Informant Challenges; Meeting the Challenges of Empirically Based Assessment; DSM-Oriented Scales; Multicultural Research; Comparing Many Populations; Comparing Distributions of Scores; Meta-Analytic Framework; Emic and Etic Research; Using Multicultural Research to Expand the Scope of Developmental Psychopathology; Patterning of Problem Scores in Different Societies; Societal Differences in Mean Scale Scores; Distributions of Scale Scores in Different Societies; Gender Effects Across Societies. Age-by-Gender Interactions Across SocietiesCross-Informant Findings in Different Societies; Multicultural Norms; Applying Multicultural Norms for Natives of a Society; Applying Multicultural Norms for Immigrants; Assessment of Parents and Other Adults; Summary and Conclusions; References; 3 Cultural Perspectives on Shyness-Inhibition; Shyness-Inhibition: Conceptual Issues; Cultural Values and Shyness-Inhibition: A Contextual-Developmental Perspective; The Display of Shyness-Inhibition among Children across Cultures; Culturally Directed Parent and Peer Attitudes and Responses. Shyness-Inhibition and Adjustment from a Cultural PerspectiveConcurrent Relations Between Shyness-Inhibition and Adjustment; Developmental Outcomes of Shyness-Inhibition; Future Directions; References; 4 A Sociocultural Analysis of High-Risk Native American Children in Schools; Risk and Resilience Factors Influencing Native American Students; Risk and Resilience Factors Beyond Educational Contexts; Risk and Resilience Factors Within Educational Contexts; Rethinking High-Risk Native American Children; Conclusion; References. 5 Developmental Perspectives on the Role of Cultural Identity in Well-Being: Evidence from Aboriginal Communities in CanadaA Brief History of Canada's Aboriginal Peoples; A Developmental Framework on Risk and Well-Being; Developmental Perspectives on Cultural Identity; Summary; References; Part II Contextual Perspectives on Developmental Risk and Well-Being; 6 Peer Victimization: Understanding the Developmental Correlates of At-Risk Children and Youth; Developmental Patterns of Peer Victimization; Peer Victimization and Ethnicity; Peer Victimization and Mental Health.

Providing insight into developmental well-being, this volume examines outcomes of various types of risk in relation to culture and context.

9781139910019 1139910019 1139906151 9781139906159 9780511920165 0511920164 9781139921756 1139921754


Developmental psychology.
Well-being.
Developmental psychology--Social aspects.
Well-being--Social aspects.
Psychologie du développement.
Bien-être.
Psychologie du développement--Aspect social.
Bien-être--Aspect social.
PSYCHOLOGY--Developmental--General.
Developmental psychology.
Developmental psychology--Social aspects.
Well-being.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

BF713 / .C847 2014

155

O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat-Narela Road, Sonepat, Haryana (India) - 131001

Send your feedback to glus@jgu.edu.in

Hosted, Implemented & Customized by: BestBookBuddies   |   Maintained by: Global Library