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Adolescent diversity in ethnic, economic, and cultural contexts / edited by Raymond Montemayor, Gerald R. Adams, Thomas P. Gullotta.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Advances in adolescent development ; v. 10.
- Advances in adolescent development ; v. 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenagers--United States--Social conditions.
- Teenagers.
- Teenagers with social disabilities.
- Minority teenagers.
- United States.
- Social conditions.
- Adolescence--United States.
- Adolescence.
- Minority teenagers--United States.
- Teenagers with social disabilities--United States.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, [2000]
- Summary:
- With contributions by recognized experts in their field, the book explores competence among urban adolescents living in poverty, rural youth and how their experiences differ from other adolescents'. The development of contemporary Appalachian youth; how Native American youth negotiate the challenges of adolescent development; Asian American adolescents from the perspectives of academic achievement, ethnic identity, and psychological adjustment; poor functioning versus positive among African American adolescents and the factors that produce these outcomes
- Contents:
- Paths to adulthood : adolescent diversity in contemporary America / Raymond Montemayor
- Competence among urban adolescents in poverty : multiple forms, contexts, and developmental processes / Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Edward Seidman
- Rural youth : ecological and life course perspectives / Lisa J. Crockett, Michael J. Shanahan, Julia Jackson-Newsom
- Growing up in Appalachia : ecological influences on adolescent development / Stephan M. Wilson, Gary W. Peterson
- Indian adolescence : opportunity and challenge / Fred Beauvais
- Healthy adjustment in Mexican-American and other Hispanic adolescents / Felipe Gonzales Castro, Gina R. Boyer, Hector G. Balcazar
- Asian-American adolescents : a research review to dispel the model minority myth / Frederick T. Leong, Ruth K. Chao, Erin E. Hardin
- Ecological correlates of the social and emotional adjustment of African-American adolescents / Ronald D. Taylor, Leanne Jacobson, Debra Roberts
- Conceptual and methodological issues in studying minority adolescents / Michael Cunningham, Margaret Beale Spencer
- The variety of adolescent experiences / Raymond Montemayor.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0761921265
- 0761921273
- OCLC:
- 42786096
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