| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 380 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Strengths-Based Research and Policy: An Introduction / Kenneth I. Maton, Daniel W. Dodgen, Bonnie J. Leadbeater, Irwin N. Sandler, Cynthia J. Schellenbach and Andrea L. Solarz -- Ch. 2. 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 -- Ch. 3. Adversities, Strengths, and Public Policy / Irwin N. Sandler, Tim S. Ayers, Jesse C. Suter, Amy Schultz and Joan Twohey-Jacobs -- Ch. 4. Strengths-Building Public Policy for Children of Divorce / Sanford L. Braver, Kathleen N. Hipke, Ira M. Ellman and Irwin N. Sandler -- Ch. 5. Resilient Outcomes in Abused and Neglected Children: Bases for Strengths-Based Intervention and Prevention Policies / Penelope K. Trickett, Dawn A. Kurtz and Karabelle Pizzigati -- Ch. 6. 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 -- Ch. 7. Enhancing the Developmental Outcomes of Adolescent Parents and Their Children / Cynthia J. Schellenback, Bonnie J. Leadbeater and Kristin Anderson Moore -- Ch. 8. Fostering Resilience in Children of Alcoholic Parents / Laurie Chassin, Adam C. Carle, Denis Nissim-Sabat and Karol L. Kumpfer -- Ch. 9. Mental Health Services: A Family Systems Approach / William Beardslee and Jane Knitzer -- Ch. 10. Children and Families Coping With Pediatric Chronic Illnesses / Cynthia A. Gerhardt, Natalie Walders, Susan L. Rosenthal and Dennis D. Drotar -- Ch. 11. Building Protection, Support, and Opportunity for Inner-City Children and Youth and Their Families / Patrick H. Tolan, Lonnie R. Sherrod, Deborah Gorman-Smith and David B. Henry -- Ch. 12. Opportunities for Schools to Promote Resilience in Children and Youth / Emilie Phillips Smith, Gloria Swindler Boutte, Edward Zigler and Maria Finn-Stevenson -- Ch. 13. The Organization of Schooling and Adolescent Development / Edward Seidman, J. Lawrence Aber and Sabine E. French -- Ch. 14. Resilience in Children Exposed to Negative Peer Influences / Janis B. Kupersmidt, John D. Coie and James C. Howell -- Ch. 15. Racial and Ethnic Status: Risk and Protective Processes Among African American Families / Algea O. Harrison-Hale, Vonnie C. McLoyd and Brian Smedley -- Ch. 16. Acculturation and Enculturation Among Latino Youth / Nancy A. Gonzales, George P. Knight, Dina Birman and Amalia A. Sirolli -- Ch. 17. Community Violence and Children: Preventing Exposure and Reducing Harm / James Garbarino, W. Rodney Hammond, James Mercy and Betty R. Yung -- Ch. 18. 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 -- Ch. 19. A Blueprint for the Future / Andrea L. Solarz, Bonnie J. Leadbeater, Irwin N. Sandler, Kenneth I. Maton, Cynthia J. Schellenbach and Daniel W. Dodgen. |
| Note |
Machine converted from AACR2 source record. |
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Based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Social policy -- Research.
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Social psychology -- Research.
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Reinforcement (Psychology)
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Affirmations.
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Affirmations. (OCoLC)fst00798897
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Reinforcement (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst01093508
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Social policy -- Research. (OCoLC)fst01122761
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Social psychology -- Research. (OCoLC)fst01122828
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| Added Author |
Maton, Kenneth I., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Investing in children, youth, families, and communities 1st ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2004] 2003015829 (OCoLC)224215914 9781591470625 |
| ISBN |
1591470625 |
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9781591470625 |
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