Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Washington, DC : APA Books, ©2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

Maton, Kenneth I.

Description

xiv, 380 pages; 26 cm

Summary

"A transformative theme - from deficits to strengths - emerges in this book, as it surveys the mounting evidence that programs that shore up resilience can and do work. Empirically rich chapters show how children, youth, families, and communities can be vital resources in countering the challenges posed by violence, abuse, neglect, and other obstacles to development. It provides concrete examples of programs that recognize, strengthen, and marshal the abilities of individuals and groups traditionally assumed to be deficient or in need of "fixing." Uniquely, this book also extends the scientific findings to real-world program and policy implications."--Jacket.

Subject

• Social policy > Research
• Social psychology > Research
• Reinforcement (Psychology)
• Affirmations
• Reinforcement, Psychology
• Affirmations
• Social policy > Research
• Social psychology > Research
• Psicologia social > Investigació

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Setting the Stage -- Strengths-Based Research and Policy: Introduction / Kenneth I. Maton, Daniel W. Dodgen, Bonnie J. Leadbeater, Irwin N. Sandler, Cynthia J. Schellenbach, and Andrea L. Solarz -- Research and Policy for Building Strengths: Processes and Contexts of Individual, Family, and Community Development / Bonnie J. Leadbeater, Cynthia J. Schellenbach, Kenneth I. Maton, and Daniel W. Dodgen -- Adversities, Strengths, and Public Policy / Irwin N. Sandler, Tim S. Ayers, Jesse C. Suter, Amy Schultz, and Joan Twohey-Jacobs -- Overcoming Adverse Circumstances Affecting the Individual and the Family -- Strengths-Building Public Policy for Children of Divorce / Sanford L. Braver, Kathleen N. Hipke, Ira M. Ellman, and Irwin N. Sandler -- Resilient Outcomes in Abused and Neglected Children: Bases for Strengths-Based Intervention and Prevention Policies / Penelope K. Trickett, Dawn A. Kurtz, and Karabelle Pizzigatti -- The Strengths, Competence, and Resilience of Women Facing Domestic Violence: How Can Research and Policy Support Them? / Sarah L. Cook, Jennifer L. Woolard, and Harriet C. McCollum -- Enhancing the Developmental Outcomes of Adolescent Parents and Their Children / Cynthia J. Schellenbach, Bonnie J. Leadbeater, and Kristin A. Moore -- Fostering Resilience in Children of Alcoholic Parents / Laurie Chassin, Adam C. Carle, Denis Nissim-Sabat, and Karol L. Kumpfer -- Mental Health Services: A Family Systems Approach / William Beardslee and Jane Knitzer -- Children and Families Coping With Pediatric Chronic Illnesses / Cynthia A. Gerhardt, Natalie Walders, Susan L. Rosenthal, and Dennis D. Drotar.
• Overcoming Adverse Circumstances in the Community and Society -- Building Protection, Support, and Opportunity for Inner-City Children and Youths and Their Families / Patrick H. Tolan, Lonnie R. Sherrod, Deborah Gorman-Smith, and David B. Henry -- Opportunities for Schools in Promoting Resilience in Children and Youths: A Strengths Perspective / Emilie Phillips Smith, Gloria S. Boutte, Edward Zigler, and Matia Finn-Stevenson -- The Organization of Schooling and Adolescent Development / Edward Seidman, J. Lawrence Aber, and Sabine E. French -- Resilience in Children Exposed to Negative Peer Influences / Janis B. Kupersmidt, John D. Coie, and James C. Howell -- Racial and Ethnic Status: Risk and Protective Processes Among African American Families / Algea O. Harrison-Hale, Vonnie C. McLoyd, and Brian Smedley -- Acculturation and Enculturation Among Latino Youths / Nancy A. Gonzales, George P. Knight, Dina Birman, and Amalia A. Sirolli -- Community Violence and Children: Preventing Exposure and Reducing Harm / James Garbarino, W. Rodney Hammond, James Mercy, and Betty R. Yung -- Community Development as a Response to Community-Level Adversity: Ecological Theory and Research and Strengths-Based Policy / Douglas D. Perkins, Bill Crim, Pamela Silberman, and Barbara B. Brown -- A Blueprint for the Future / Andrea L. Solarz, Bonnie J. Leadbeater, Irwin N. Sandler, Kenneth I. Maton, Cynthia J. Schellenbach, and Daniel W. Dodgen.

ISBN

• 1591470625
• 9781591470625

LCCN

2003015829

OCLC

• ocm52727309
• 52727309
• SCSB-8973824

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library