| Description |
1 online resource (x, 276 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
The Search Institute series on developmentally attentive community and society |
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Search Institute series on developmentally attentive community and society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction and conceptual foundations / E. Gil Clary and Jean E. Rhodes -- Young people are resources to be developed: promoting positive youth development through adult-youth relations and community assets / Richard M. Lerner, Amy E. Alberts, Helena Jelicic, and Lisa M. Smith -- The world of adults today: implications for positive youth development / Peter C. Scales -- Lessons from research on volunteering for mobilizing adults to volunteer for positive youth development / Arthur A. Stukas, Maree Daly, and E. Gil Clary -- Generativity and adult development: implications for mobilizing volunteers in support of youth / Andrea S. Taylor -- Strategies to motivate behavior change: how can we mobilize adults to promote positive youth development? / Alexander J. Rothman and Katherine C. Haydon -- Best practices of prosocial organizations in youth development / Susan Elaine Murphy and Ellen A. Ensher -- Mobilizing communities for positive youth development: lessons learned from neighborhood groups and community coalitions / Pamela S. Imm, Renie Kehres, Abraham Wandersman, and Matthew Chinman -- Mobilizing adults for positive youth development: lessons from religious congregations / Kenneth I. Maton and Mariano R. Sto. Domingo -- Bridging research and community practice in the field of youth development through University outreach / Linda Camino and Shepherd Zeldin -- Public policy: encouraging adult voluntarism with young people / Constance A. Glanagan, Nicole S. Webster, and Daniel F. Perkins -- Lessons from research on social marketing for mobilizing adults for positive youth development / Smaeer Deshpande and Michael Basil -- Think globally, act locally: a global perspective on mobilizing adults for positive youth development / Tina M. Durand and M. Brinton Lykes -- Promoting positive youth development: challenges posed and opportunities provided / Mark Snyder. |
| Summary |
"In today's fast-paced, often-dehumanizing world, increasing positive adult involvement and influence is particularly vital. To further that goal, Mobilizing Adults for Positive Youth Development: Strategies for Closing the Gap between Beliefs and Behaviors brings together, in one concise volume, the advice and expertise of leading scholars dedicated to affecting positive youth development. Taken together, the chapters in this book provide a multifaceted, multidisciplinary blueprint for social change." "Mobilizing Adults for Positive Youth Development: Strategies for Closing the Gap between Beliefs and Behaviors is a must-have volume for both practitioners and researchers - in fact, for anyone interested and involved in working toward achieving positive youth development."--Jacket. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Teenagers and adults -- United States.
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Youth development -- United States.
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Youth -- Services for -- United States.
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Adolescence -- United States.
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Child & School Psychology.
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Clinical psychology.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Adolescence.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Teenagers.
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Adolescence. (OCoLC)fst00796984
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Teenagers and adults. (OCoLC)fst01145666
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Youth development. (OCoLC)fst01183602
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Youth -- Services for.
(OCoLC)fst01183511
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Adolescent Development.
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Child Guidance.
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Adult.
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Volunteers.
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Clary, E. Gil (Ernest Gilmer), 1953-
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Rhodes, Jean E.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mobilizing adults for positive youth development. New York : Springer, c2006 0387291733 9780387291734 (DLC) 2005933717 (OCoLC)69018108 |
| ISBN |
9780387293400 |
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038729340X |
| Standard No. |
9780387291734 |
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