| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 482 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half title; Handbook of Adolescent Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy; Copyright; Contents; Foreword: Adolescent; About the Editors; Contributors; 1. Introduction: Adolescence in a Global Context; Section 1 Domains of Adolescent Development; 2. Health and Well-Being in Adolescence: A Dynamic Profile; 3. Neurocognitive Development During Adolescence; 4. Studying Positive Youth Development in Different Nations: Theoretical and Methodological Issues; 5. Adolescent Civic Engagement in Contemporary Political and Technological Realities |
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Section 2 Social Relationships6. Parental-Adolescent Relationships in Global Perspective; 7. Peer Relationships; 8. The Contribution of Nonfamily Adults to Adolescent Well-Being: A Global Research and Policy Perspective; Section 3 Risks and Opportunities; 9. How to End Child Marriage Around the World: Strategies, Progress, and Action Needed; 10. Adolescents and Armed Conflict: War, Conflict, and Child Soldiers; 11. Immigrant and Refugee Youth Positive Adaptation and Development |
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12. Push Out, Pull Out, or Opting Out? Reasons Cited by Adolescents for Discontinuing Education in Four Low- and Middle-Income Countries13. Poverty, Risk, and Resilience: The Case of Street-Involved Youth; 14. Parent-Based Models of Adolescent Substance Use: A Global Perspective; Section 4 Interventions and Policies; 15. Making Strategic Investments in Adolescent Well-Being; 16. Social Protection, Adolescent Well-Being, and Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries; 17. Mental Health Challenges and Interventions for Adolescents: The First 1,000 Weeks |
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18. Teens in Public Spaces and Natural Landscapes: Issues of Access and Design19. HIV Prevention Among Adolescents: What Have We Learned and Where are We?; Section 5 Empowerment of Adolescents; 20. Adolescent Development and Capacity Building; 21. Gender Equity and the SDGs: Collective Impact for Change; 22. Young People's Participation in Program Design Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation; 23. Conclusions: Adolescent Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy; Index |
| Summary |
This book is unique in bringing together cutting-edge research on adolescent development with a focus on policies and interventions directed toward adolescents. The book is also distinctive in its focus on issues that uniquely affect adolescents in low- and middle-income countries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 04, 2018) |
| Subject |
Adolescence -- Research
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Teenagers -- Government policy
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Teenagers -- Civil rights
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Adolescence -- Research.
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Teenagers -- Government policy.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lansford, Jennifer E., editor
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Banati, Prerna, editor
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| LC no. |
2017053174 |
| ISBN |
9780190847135 |
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0190847131 |
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9780190847159 |
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0190847158 |
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