Adolescent diversity in ethnic, economic, and cultural contexts

Montemayor, Raymond. (Added Author). Adams, Gerald R., 1946- (Added Author). Gullotta, Thomas P., 1948- (Added Author).

Summary: By summarising and integrating theory and research on adolescents from a diversity of backgrounds, this text presents a picture of these understudied and misunderstood adolescents by focusing on the positive, healthy development of minorities.

Record details

ISBN: 9781452221939 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1452221936 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0761921265
ISBN: 9780761921264
ISBN: 0761921273
ISBN: 9780761921271
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (viii, 296 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatBulkString:jan.03.13 CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	Paths to adulthood : adolescent diversity in contemporary America / Raymond Montemayor -- Competence among urban adolescents in poverty : multiple forms, contexts, and developmental processes / Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Edward Seidman -- Rural youth : ecological and life course perspectives / Lisa J. Crockett, Michael J. Shanahan, Julia Jackson-Newsom -- Growing up in Appalachia : ecological influences on adolescent development / Stephan M. Wilson, Gary W. Peterson -- Indian adolescence : opportunity and challenge / Fred Beauvais -- Healthy adjustment in Mexican-American and other Hispanic adolescents / Felipe Gonzales Castro, Gina R. Boyer, Hector G. Balcazar -- Asian-American adolescents : a research review to dispel the model minority myth / Frederick T. Leong, Ruth K. Chao, Erin E. Hardin -- Ecological correlates of the social and emotional adjustment of African-American adolescents / Ronald D. Taylor, Leanne Jacobson, Debra Roberts -- Conceptual and methodological issues in studying minority adolescents / Michael Cunningham, Margaret Beale Spencer -- The variety of adolescent experiences / Raymond Montemayor.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.