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Generation Disaster: Coming of Age Post-9/11 focuses on the numerous stressors that have had an impact on today's emerging adults including climate change, school shootings, economic recession, and of course, the national trauma of 9/11. Disaster mental health expert Karla Vermeulen draws on a
combination of statistics, academic sources, and her own original research, including results from a nationally representative survey, to examine these challenges as they are experienced by emerging adults who continue to fight for their future. The result is a corrective to previous works that
dismiss kids today as fragile or entitled, and instead emphasizes the generation's strength in the face of unprecedented uncertainties and obstacles.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Section 1: Generation Disaster in Their Youth: Formative Experiences
- Chapter 2. Meet Generation Disaster
- Chapter 3. Parenting Post-9/11
- Chapter 4. Lockdown Drills in Kindergarten: The Threat (Perceived and Actual) of School Shootings
- Section 2: Generation Disaster in Emerging Adulthood: The Current Impact of Cumulative Early Stressors
- Chapter 5. Unsafe at Any Time
- Chapter 6. Mistrusting Authorities in an Unstable World
- Chapter 7. Climate Change and Expectations for the Future of the Planet
- Chapter 8. Questioning College: Necessary, Expensive, and No Guarantee of Success
- Section 3: Generation Disaster Moving Forward: How Will They Shape Our Future Society?
- Chapter 9. Economic Expectations
- Chapter 10. Family Expectations
- Chapter 11. Conclusion
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Karla Vermeulen, Ph.D., is the Deputy Director of the Institute for Disaster Mental Health and an Associate Professor of Psychology at SUNY New Paltz, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in disaster mental health, grief counseling, and developmental psychology. In addition to teaching and research, she has coordinated the development and production of training curricula on disaster mental health for the New York State Department of Health and Office of Mental Health, the American Red Cross, the United Nations, and other organizations.
Zusammenfassung
Disaster mental health expert Karla Vermeulen draws on a combination of statistics, academic sources, and her own original research, including results from a nationally representative survey, to examine the unique challenges experienced by emerging adults post-9/11.
Zusatztext
Vermeulen's meaningful observations offer a unique, real-world study of the development of the generation born just after the turn of the century.