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Adolescent Adaptation
Adolescent development
Adolescent learning
adolescent resilience in underserved communities
Adolescent Sexual Health
Adult Youth Worker
Antisocial Behavior
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cognitive skill enhancement
Community Based Youth Programs
developmental psychology
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ethnic identity formation
Familias Unidas
Freshman Learning Communities
IEA Civic Education Study
Individual Level Resources
Media Literacy Programs
MTO
Parental Autonomy Support
Pay For Performance
Positive Parent Adolescent Relationships
Positive Youth Development
Positive Youth Development Interventions
Postsecondary Education
Prototype Willingness Model
resilience theory
social determinants of education
Underserviced Urban Areas
Underserviced Urban Communities
Urban Adolescents
Urban education
urban mentorship programs
Urban youth
Vice Versa
Video Game Involvement
Young Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415894166
  • Weight: 385g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 19 Dec 2012
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

This timely volume explores essential themes, issues, and challenges related to adolescents’ lives and learning in underserviced urban areas. Distinguished scholars provide theoretically grounded, multidisciplinary perspectives on contexts and forces that influence adolescent development and achievement. The emphasis is on what is positive and effective, what can make a real difference in the lives and life chances for urban youths, rather than deficits and negative dysfunction. Going beyond solely traditional psychological theories, a strong conceptual framework addressing four domains for understanding adolescent development undergirds the volume:

  • developmental continuities from childhood

  • primary changes (biological, cognitive, social)

  • contexts of development

  • adolescent outcomes.

A major federal government initiative is the development of programs to support underserviced urban areas. Directly relevant to this initiative, this volume contributes significantly to gaining a realistic understanding of the contexts and institutions within which urban youths live and learn.
About

Gary Creasey is Professor of Psychology at Illinois State University, USA.

Patricia Jarvis is Professor of Psychology at Illinois State University, USA.