Adolescents and war : how youth deal with political violence / edited by Brian K. Barber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barber, Brian K., 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth and war--Psychological aspects.

Youth and war.

Youth and violence--Psychological aspects.

Youth and violence.

Political violence--Psychological aspects.

Political violence.

Violence--Psychological aspects.

Violence.

War--Psychological aspects.

War.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hundreds of thousands of children are forced or legally recruited combatants in no fewer than 70 warring parties across the world. In addition to these child soldiers, thousands of youth voluntarily participate in politically related conflict. Why, how, and in what capacities are such large numbers of teenagers involved in war and how are they affected? Adolescents and War brings together world experts in an evidence-based volume to thoroughly understand and document the intricacies of youth who have had substantial involvement in political violence. Contributors argue that the assumption that

Contents:

Glimpsing the complexity of youth and political violence / Brian K. Barber

An overview of the empirical literature on adolescents and political violence / Brian K. Barber and Julie Mikles Schluterman

War, military violence, and aggressive development: child, family and social preconditions / Raija-Leena Punamaki

Growing up in Israel : lessons on understanding the effects of political violence on children / Michelle Slone

Youth soldiering : an integrated framework for understanding psychosocial impact / Michael Wessells and Kathleen Kostelny

Young people's perceptions of political violence : the case of northern Ireland / Orla Muldoon, Clare Cassidy, and Nichola McCullough

Measuring adolescent perceived support amidst war and disaster : the multi-sector social support inventory / Christopher M. Layne ... [et al.]

The effects of wartime violence on young Bosnians' postwar behaviors : policy contours for the reconstruction period / Robert J. McCouch

Positive and negative psychosocial functioning after political conflict : examining adolescents of the first Palestinian intifada / Brian K. Barber and Joseph A. Olsen

Mozambican child soldier life outcome study / Neil Boothby, Jennifer Crawford, and Agostinho Mamade

Tasting the world : life after wartime for Bosnian teens in Chicago / Stevan Weine ... [et al.]

Making sense and no sense of war : issues of identity and meaning in adolescents' experience with political conflict / Brian K. Barber

Conclusion: Moving forward with research on adolescents and political violence / Brian K. Barber.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-045114-9

1-282-05379-5

0-19-971110-0

9786612053795

OCLC:

320624566