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This comprehensive reference analyzes psychological and anthropological studies concerning child and adolescent development across cultures, digging into often-forgotten topics like street children, child soldiers, and parenting in war-torn countries.Traditionally, research on child and adolescent development has focused on American youth, inadvertently neglecting 96 percent of the world's children. This all-encompassing volume introduces global perspectives on young people across the globe, focusing on such topics as parenting and childcare, gender roles, violence against girls, adolescence in poor and rich countries, and developmental psychopathology across cultures. Recently updated, the second edition includes the latest findings in the field, additional content, and new photos and charts.
With contributions from leading psychological and anthropological scholars, chapters address worldwide changes in children's lives, parent-child relationships, sibling relationships, immigrant children and their families, and adolescents in both industrialized and developing nations. A special section discusses children living in difficult circumstances, including street children, child soldiers, global nomads, and children suffering from various internalizing and externalizing disorders. This book is the perfect introduction to the latest trends in developmental psychology.
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PrefaceIntroductionUwe P. GielenPart I Worldwide Perspectives on Childhood and AdolescenceChapter 1The Cross-Cultural Study of Human Development: A Skeptical Yet Optimistic Historical Introduction
Uwe P. GielenChapter 2Cultural Models of Stages in Child Development
M. Annette Grove and David F. LancyChapter 3The Changing Lives of 2.2 Billion Children: Global Demographic Trends and Economic Disparities
Uwe P. GielenChapter 4Literacy Development: Global Research and Policy Perspectives
Daniel A. Wagner, Fatima Tuz Zahra, and Jinsol LeePart II Childcare, Parenting, and Family SystemsChapter 5Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection in the Arab World: How Do They Influence Children's Development?
Ramadan A. Ahmed, Ronald P. Rohner, Abdul Khaleque, and Uwe P. GielenChapter 6Family Structure and Socialization Patterns in Caribbean and Caribbean Immigrant Families: Developmental Outcomes
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Elif Dede YildirimChapter 7Parents and Childcare in South Korean and Japanese Families
Jung-Hwan Hyun, Jun Nakazawa, David W. Shwalb, and Barbara J. ShwalbPart III Three Themes in Children's Lives: Gender Roles, Siblings, and Becoming an AdolescentChapter 8Gender Roles in Childhood and Adolescence
Deborah L. Best and Caitlin D. BushChapter 9Sibling Interactions
Ashley E. MaynardChapter 10Adolescents in the Majority World
Katelyn E. Poelker and Judith L. GibbonsPart IV Transnational and Immigrant ChildrenChapter 11Growing Up Internationally, and How It Shapes a Child
Gene H. Bell-VilladaChapter 12Adaptation of Immigrant Children, Adolescents, and Their Families
John W. Berry and Paul VedderChapter 13Chinese American Adolescents and Emerging Adults in New York City: Striving for a Place in the Sun
Jennifer Ho and Uwe P. GielenPart V Difficult Circumstances and AdjustmentsChapter 14Violence against Girls
Janet A. Sigal, Carrol S. Perrino, Florence L. Denmark, Emily A. A. Dow, Renata Strashnaya, Talia Zarbiv, and Felicia WrightChapter 15Cultural Nuances and Other Particulars That Impact Street Children and War-Traumatized Adolescents
Lewis Aptekar and Lisa OliverChapter 16Developmental Psychopathology: Multicultural Challenges, Findings, and Applications
Thomas M. AchenbachEpilogueCross-Cultural Human Development: Following the Yellow Brick Road in Search of New Approaches for the 21st Century
Harry W. GardinerSelected BibliographyAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex
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JAIPAUL L. ROOPNARINE is Professor of Education at Brooklyn College of The City University of New York.
