Youth Resilience and Culture: Commonalities and Complexities

By Michael Ungar and Linda C. Theron

Book Overview

Part I. The complex interactions of resilience and culture.- Chapter 1. Pathways to Resilience in Context; Margaret O'Dougherty Wright and Ann S.Masten.- Chapter 2. Understanding Cultural Contexts and their Relationship to Resilience Processes; Linda C. Theron and Linda Liebenberg.- Chapter 3. Resilience and Culture: The Diversity of Protective Processes and Positive Adaptation; Michael Ungar.- Part II. Illustrative (Case) Studies: Youth Resilience and Culture.- Chapter 4. Cultural Pathways to Resilience: Opportunities and Obstacles as Recalled by Black South African Students; Linda C. Theron and Nareadi Phasha.- Chapter 5. Resilience among Zimbabwean Youths with Orphanhood; Elias Mpofu, Nancy Ruhode, Megan M. Mutepfa, James January and John Mapfumo.- Chapter 6. The Interaction between Culture, Resilience, Risks and Outcomes: A New Zealand Study; Jackie Sanders & Robyn Munford.- Chapter 7. Cultural Pathways to Resilience: Informal Social Support of At-Risk Youth in China; Guoxiu Tian & Xiying Wang.- Chapter 8. "It's Just Part of My Culture" Understanding Language and Land in the Resilience Processes of Aboriginal Youth; Linda Liebenberg, Janice Ikeda and Michele Wood.- Chapter 9. Stigma, Stereotypes and Resilience Identities: The Relationship between Identity Processes and Resilience Processes among Black American Adolescents; Davido Dupree, Tirzah R. Spencer, and Margaret Beale Spencer.- Chapter 10. White Out: The Invisibility of White North American Culture and Resilience Processes; Linda Liebenberg, Patrick Russell and Michael Ungar.- Chapter 11. Deaf culture and youth resilience in diverse American Communities; Elizabeth A. Moore and Donna M. Mertens.- Chapter 12. Barriers to Resilience Processes: Understanding the Experiences and Challenges of Former Child Soldiers Integrating into Canadian Society; Shelly Whitman and Linda Liebenberg.- Chapter 13. Effects of Microcultural Environments of Violence on Resilient Responses among Adolescents and Young Adults in the City of Itagui, Colombia; Wendy Kliewer, Roberto Meijia and Yolanda Torres.- Part III. Researching Resilience across Cultures.- Chapter 14. The Value of Keeping an Open Eye for Methodological Issues in Research on Resilience and Culture; Jia He and Fons J. R. Van de Vijver.- Chapter 15. Innovative Qualitative Explorations of Culture and Resilience; Linda Liebenberg and Linda C. Theron.- Chapter 16. Ethical Principles in Resilience Research: Respect, Relevance, Reciprocity and Responsibility; Laurie "Lali" D. McCubbin and Jennifer Moniz.- Part IV. Conclusion.- Chapter 17. Culture and resilience: Next steps for theory and practice; Catherine Panter-Brick.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9402407170
• ISBN13: 9789402407174
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"