Investing in children, youth, families, and communities : strengths-based research and policy / edited by Kenneth I. Maton ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maton, Kenneth I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy--Research.

Social policy.

Social psychology--Research.

Social psychology.

Reinforcement (Psychology).

Affirmations.

Physical Description:

xiv, 380 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2004]

Contents:

I. Setting the Stage 1

Chapter 1. Strengths-Based Research and Policy: An Introduction / Kenneth I. Maton, Daniel W. Dodgen, Bonnie J. Leadbeater, Irwin N. Sandler, Cynthia J. Schellenbach, Andrea L. Solarz 3

Chapter 2. Research and Policy for Building Strengths: Processes and Contexts of Individual, Family, and Community Development / Bonnie J. Leadbeater, Cynthia J. Schellenbach, Kenneth I. Maton, Daniel W. Dodgen 13

Chapter 3. Adversities, Strengths, and Public Policy / Irwin N. Sandler, Tim S. Ayers, Jesse C. Suter, Amy Schultz, Joan Twohey-Jacobs 31

II. Overcoming Adverse Circumstances Affecting the Individual and the Family 51

Chapter 4. Strengths-Building Public Policy for Children of Divorce / Sanford L. Braver, Kathleen N. Hipke, Ira M. Ellman, Irwin N. Sandler 53

Chapter 5. Resilient Outcomes in Abused and Neglected Children: Bases for Strengths-Based Intervention and Prevention Policies / Penelope K. Trickett, Dawn A. Kurtz, Karabelle Pizzigati 73

Chapter 6. The Strengths, Competence, and Resilience of Women Facing Domestic Violence: How Can Research and Policy Support Them? / Sarah L. Cook, Jennifer L. Woolard, Harriet C. McCollum 97

Chapter 7. Enhancing the Developmental Outcomes of Adolescent Parents and Their Children / Cynthia J. Schellenbach, Bonnie J. Leadbeater, Kristin Anderson Moore 117

Chapter 8. Fostering Resilience in Children of Alcoholic Parents / Laurie Chassin, Adam C. Carle, Denis Nissim-Sabat, Karol L. Kumpfer 137

Chapter 9. Mental Health Services: A Family Systems Approach / William Beardslee, Jane Knitzer 157

Chapter 10. Children and Families Coping With Pediatric Chronic Illnesses / Cynthia A. Gerhardt, Natalie Walders, Susan L. Rosenthal, Dennis D. Drotar 173

III. Overcoming Adverse Circumstances in the Community and Society 191

Chapter 11. Building Protection, Support, and Opportunity for Inner-City Children and Youth and their Families / Patrick H. Tolan, Lonnie R. Sherrod, Deborah Gorman-Smith, David B. Henry 193

Chapter 12. Opportunities for Schools to Promote Resilience in Children and Youth / Emilie Phillips Smith, Gloria Swindler Boutte, Edward Zigler, Matia Finn-Stevenson 213

Chapter 13. The Organization of Schooling and Adolescent Development / Edward Seidman, J. Lawrence Aber, Sabine E. French 233

Chapter 14. Resilience in Children Exposed to Negative Peer Influences / Janis B. Kupersmidt, John D. Coie, James C. Howell 251

Chapter 15. Racial and Ethnic Status: Risk and Protective Processes Among African American Families / Algea O. Harrison-Hale, Vonnie C. McLoyd, Brian Smedley 269

Chapter 16. Acculturation and Enculturation Among Latino Youth / Nancy A. Gonzales, George P. Knight, Dina Birman, Amalia A. Sirolli 285

Chapter 17. Community Violence and Children: Preventing Exposure and Reducing Harm / James Garbarino, W. Rodney Hammond, James Mercy, Betty R. Yung 303

Chapter 18. Community Development as a Response to Community-Level Adversity: Ecological Theory and Research and Strengths-Based Policy / Douglas D. Perkins, Bill Crim, Pamela Silberman, Barbara B. Brown 321

Chapter 19. A Blueprint for the Future / Andrea L. Solarz, Bonnie J. Leadbeater, Irwin N. Sandler, Kenneth I. Maton, Cynthia J. Schellenbach, Daniel W. Dodgen 343.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1591470625

OCLC:

52727309