Positive youth development & spirituality : from theory to research / edited by Richard M. Lerner, Robert W. Roeser, & Erin Phelps ; [foreword by Peter Benson].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lerner, Richard M.

Roeser, Robert W.

Phelps, Erin.

Benson, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Religious life.

Youth.

Youth development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

West Conshohocken, Pa. : Templeton Foundation Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bringing together a never-before-assembled network of biologists, psychologists, and sociologists, Positive Youth Development and Spirituality scientifically examines how spirituality and its cultivation may affect the positive development of adolescents. Chapters provide groundbreaking new discussions of conceptual, theoretical, definitional, and methodological issues that need to be addressed when exploring the relationships between spirituality and development. Throughout the book, contributors recommend ways in which the research on the spirituality/positive youth development connection may be integral in building the larger field of spiritual development as a legitimate and active domain of developmental science. This volume, which is sure to be seen as a seminal contribution to a field in need of theoretical underpinnings, will be of interest to scholars and scientists in the fields of biology and the social and behavioral sciences. Contributors include: Mona Abo-Zena, Jeffrey Jensen Arnnett, Peter L. Benson, Marina Umaschi Bers, Aerika Brittian, William Damon, Angela M. DeSilva, Jacquelynne S. Eccles, David Henry Feldman, Simon Gächter, Elena L. Grigorenko, Sonia S. Isaac, Lene Arnett Jensen, Carl N. Johnson, Linda Juang, Pamela Ebstyne King, Richard M. Lerner, Jennifer Menon, Na'ilah Sued Nasir, Guerda Nicolas, Toma´š Paus, Stephen C. Peck, Erin Phelps, Alan P. Poey, Robert W. Roeser, W. George Scarlett, Lonnie R. Sherrod, Gabriel S. Spiewak, Chris Starmer, Moin Syed, Janice L. Templeton, Heather L. Urry, and Richard Wilkinson.

Contents:

pt. 1. Conceptual issues in operationalizing spirituality in positive youth development

pt. 2. Biological contributions to the spirituality-PYD relation

pt. 3. Individual contributions to the spirituality-PYD relation

pt. 4. Social and cultural contexts of the spirituality-PYD relation.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613260451

9781283260459

128326045X

9781599472454

1599472457

OCLC:

733060941