Handbook of Adolescent Development Research and Its Impact on Global - Polic

List of contents

• 1. Introduction: Adolescence in a Global Context


• Prerna Banati and Jennifer E. Lansford


• Section 1: Domains of Adolescent Development


• 2. Health and Wellbeing in Adolescence: A Dynamic Profile


• Susan M. Sawyer and George C. Patton


• 3. Neurocognitive Development During Adolescence


• Nikki C. Lee, Miriam Hollarek, and Lydia Krabbendam


• 4. Studying Positive Youth Development in Different Nations: Theoretical and Methodological Issues


• Richard M. Lerner, Jacqueline V. Lerner, G. John Geldhof, Steinunn Gestsdóttir, Pamela Ebstyne King, Alistair T R Sim, Milena Batanova, Jonathan M. Tirrell, and Elizabeth Dowling


• 5. Adolescent Civic Engagement in Contemporary Political and Technological Realities


• Colette Daiute


• Section 2: Social Relationships


• 6. Parent-Adolescent Relationships in Global Perspective


• Marc H. Bornstein and Diane L. Putnick


• 7. Peer Relationships


• Doran C. French and Hoi Shan Cheung


• 8. The Contribution of Nonfamily Adults to Adolescent Well-Being: A Global Research and Policy Perspective


• Peter C. Scales and Eugene C. Roehlkepartain


• Section 3: Risks and Opportunities


• 9. How to End Child Marriage Around the World: Strategies, Progress and Action Needed


• Lakshmi Sundaram, Ellen Travers, and Matilda Branson


• 10. Adolescents and Armed Conflict: War, Conflict, and Child Soldiers


• Theresa S. Betancourt, Stephanie Zuilkowski, Emily Coles, Katharine Collet, and Musu Jambai


• 11. Immigrant and Refugee Youth Positive Adaptation and Development


• Frosso Motti-Stefanidi


• 12. Push-out, Pull-out, or Opting-out? Reasons Cited by Adolescents for Discontinuing Education in Four Low and Middle Income Countries


• Renu Singh and Protap Mukherjee


• 13. Poverty, Risk and Resilience: The Case of Street-Involved Youth


• Silvia H. Koller, Juliana Prates Santana, and Marcela Raffaelli


• 14. Parent-Based Models of Adolescent Substance Use: A Global Perspective


• Andrea M. Hussong and Ruth K. Smith


• Section 4: Interventions and Policies


• 15. Making Strategic Investments in Adolescent Wellbeing


• Elena Camilletti and Prerna Banati


• 16. Social Protection, Adolescent Well-Being, and Development in Low-and Middle-Income Countries


• Suman Verma


• 17. Mental Health Challenges and Interventions for Adolescents: The First 1,000 Weeks


• Lorraine Sherr


• 18. Teens in Public Spaces and Natural Landscapes: Issues of Access and Design


• Sara Brunelle, Mariana Brussoni, Susan Herrington, M. Kyle Matsuba, and Michael W. Pratt


• 19. HIV Prevention Among Adolescents: What Have We Learned and Where are We?


• Audrey Pettifor and Hamsa Subramaniam


• Section 5: Empowerment of Adolescents


• 20. Adolescent Development and Capacity Building


• Esther F. Akinsola and Anne C. Petersen


• 21. Gender Equity and the SDGs: Collective Impact for Change


• Elizabeth Dettori and Geeta Rao Gupta


• 22. Young People's Participation in Program Design Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation


• Pamela Wridt


• 23. Conclusions: Adolescent Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy


• Jennifer E. Lansford and Prerna Banati

About the author

Jennifer E. Lansford is a Research Professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy and Faculty Fellow of the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University. A developmental psychologist by training, Lansford leads an international study of parenting and child development in nine countries that is currently in its tenth annual year of data collection. Her research focuses on the development of aggression and other behavior problems in diverse cultural contexts, with an emphasis on how family and peer contexts contribute to or protect against these outcomes. She has consulted with UNICEF on standards for parenting programs in a number of countries.

Prerna Banati is Chief of Programmes at UNICEF's Office of Research - Innocenti. Her research focuses on the social and structural forces that are among the most fundamental determinants of poor wellbeing among children. She was a Takemi Fellow in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard University, and has previously worked at the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria and at the World Health Organization. Before WHO, she was based in South Africa leading research on community HIV prevention and has published in the fields of HIV prevention, reproductive health, health systems and financing.

Summary

This book is unique in bringing together cutting-edge research on adolescent development with a focus on policies and interventions directed toward adolescents. The book is also distinctive in its focus on issues that uniquely affect adolescents in low- and middle-income countries.

Additional text

This is an important and timely resource for scientists, practitioners, and policymakers interested in applying the science of adolescence to a wide range of issues that impact the health and well-being of the world's youth. It combines up-to-date reviews of research on adolescent development by the world's leading authorities with thoughtful discussions of some of the most pressing concerns that societies face in both developed and developing countries in their efforts to minimize problematic outcomes and maximize positive development during this critical stage of development. I recommend it highly.

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer E. (Research Professor Lansford
• Assisted by: Prerna Banati (Editor), Prerna (Associate Director Banati (Editor), Lansford (Editor), Jennifer E Lansford (Editor), Jennifer E. (Research Professor Lansford (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.2018
• EAN: 9780190847128
• ISBN: 978-0-19-084712-8
• No. of pages: 512
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works