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This book explores normative and problematic aspects of revenge in childhood and adolescence at various levels of youths' social ecologies.
List of contents
1. And if you Wrong us, Shall we not Revenge? The Value of Grappling With the Experience of Revenge Among Youth Cecilia Wainryb and Holly Recchia; 2. A Framework for Understanding Variation in Youth Revenge Motivations and Retaliatory Behaviors Kristina L. McDonald, Joo Young Yang, Sunmi Seo and Stephen A. Erath; 3. Normative Changes and Individual Differences in Retaliation Judgments: A Constructivist Developmental Perspective Courtney L. Ball, Judith G. Smetana, Jessica S. Caporaso, Janet J. Boseovski and Stuart Marcovitch; 4. Developing Revenge in Early Childhood: Current Evidence and Future Directions Charles P. Baxley and Audun Dahl; 5. Understanding Youths' Retaliatory Experiences Through the Lens of Moral Agency Holly Recchia and Cecilia Wainryb; 6. Cultural Systems and the Development of Norms Governing Revenge and Retribution Karin S. Frey, Adaurennaya C. Onyewuenyi, Zoe Higheagle Strong and Ian A. Waller; 7. Settling the Score in a Zero-Sum Game: Understanding Revenge Among Urban Male Youth Overexposed to Gun Violence Deanna L. Wilkinson; 8. Intergroup Processes: Revenge among Youth Living Amid Protracted Conflict Dean O'Driscoll, Angelica Restrepo and Laura K. Taylor; 9. Revenge, Justice Systems, and Institutional Trust in Schools: Narrative Considerations Monisha Pasupathi and Paula Smith; 10. The Importance of a Positive School Climate in Addressing Youth Retaliation Allison Ann Payne and Denise Wilson; 11. Socioemotional Competencies and Positive Classroom Climate as Alternatives to Prevent Revenge in Colombian Schools Andrea Bustamante, Ana María Velásquez and Enrique Chaux; 12. Looking Back and Charting a Course: Considering Individual, Interpersonal and Institutional Contributions to the Development of Revenge in Childhood and Adolescence Holly Recchia and Cecilia Wainryb.
About the author
Holly Recchia is Associate Professor of Education and holds the Research Chair in Moral Development and Education at Concordia University, Canada. Her research examines children's social and moral development in the context of their close relationships with parents, siblings, and friends.Cecilia Wainryb is Professor of Psychology at the University of Utah, USA. She studies how children grapple with their own moral wrongdoing, how their sense of moral agency is supported by conversation with others, and how these developments are shaped by violence, war, and injustice.
Summary
This volume examines how revenge is both a part of normative development and linked to experiences in adverse social environments. It is aimed at scholars and practitioners in child psychology and education who focus on aggression, conflict resolution, peer relations, violence, morality, discipline, restorative justice, and culture.
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'This is an insightful, thought-provoking, and theoretically sophisticated new volume. It shows how we struggle with vengeance beginning in early childhood, pondering the moral status of revenge and its complex relations with justice, retribution, retaliation, forgiveness, and mercy.' David Moshman, Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
