Smart and sassy : the strengths of inner city Black girls / Joyce West Stevens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevens, Joyce West, 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American teenage girls--Attitudes.

African American teenage girls.

African American teenage girls--Psychology.

African American teenage girls--Social conditions.

Adolescence--United States.

Adolescence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Empirically based, the daily experiences of adolescent black females is explicated within an explanatory model of social context and developmental theory. The author argues that adolescence must be seen from strength and health perspectives.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Prologue: A Book about the Strengths of Inner-City Black Girls; PART 1 THEORY OVERVIEW; 1 Risk and Resiliency in Social Contexts; 2 Adolescent Developmental Theories; 3 Person-Process-Context: An Ecological Transactional Model; PART 2 DEVELOPMENTAL DOMAINS; 4 Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Role Commitment; 5 Care Protective Sensibility and Role Model Formulation; 6 Decision Making, Dating, and Mate Selection Expectations; 7 Opportunity Mobility and Adulthood Preparation; PART 3 CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS

8 A Social Work Practice Model: Core Principles of InterventionEpilogue; Glossary; A; C; D; I; K; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-204) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-76057-5

9786610760572

0-19-802839-3

0-19-512165-1

OCLC:

824559066