Handbook of Positive Youth Development
Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice in Global Contexts
Radosveta Dimitrova editor Nora Wiium editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Published:23rd Oct '21
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This handbook explores positive youth development from a global perspective, emphasizing strengths and assets in youth across diverse cultures.
This handbook provides a comprehensive examination of positive youth development (PYD) in young people and emerging adults from a global viewpoint. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing and nurturing the strengths and assets that all youth possess, particularly within large and often underrepresented cultural groups across six continents. By adopting a strengths-based approach to adolescence, the volume highlights how developmental assets can be effectively harnessed to empower youth, facilitating their transition into productive and resourceful adulthood.
The content spans a wide array of geographical regions, including Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, North America, and Latin America. It delves into the strengths and resources necessary for optimal well-being, addressing the positive development of young individuals in diverse cultural contexts. This focus aims to advance research, policy, and practice, ultimately informing interventions that support youth in thriving and mitigating the risks associated with compromised development.
In addition to theoretical perspectives, the handbook presents empirical findings that contribute to a more nuanced understanding of PYD. By integrating multidisciplinary and multinational insights, it seeks to promote a holistic view of positive youth development, encouraging readers to appreciate the varied contexts in which young people grow and evolve.
“The Handbook of Positive Youth Development represents a milestone in research on PYD. By combining theoretical advancements, empirical evidence … this Handbook constitutes a must-have for any scientist or practitioner in the field of youth development. Social scientists from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds such as positive psychology, well-being studies … will find this Handbook useful. The editors have made a tremendous job in providing a groundwork from which future work on minimizing the impact of adversity will be built.” (Stefanos Mastrotheodoros, Adolescent Research Review, Vol. 7 (4), 2022)
“The Handbook of Positive Youth Development: Advancing Research, Policy and Practice in Global Contexts is a potentially ground-breaking work … . The text provides a truly international perspective on the latest research in the field of PYD, featuring new scholarship from underrepresented and understudied geographic locations. … The Handbook will undoubtedly serve as an important resource for a broad audience of youth researchers, practitioners and policy makers for many years to come.” (Steven Eric Krauss, Applied Research in Quality of Life, Vol. 16, 2021)
“The book sets itself apart as pioneering in PYD research, nowadays … . Besides summarizing a number of unique features and relevant conceptual and methodological contributions of the book at hand, the foreword written by Shek stands itself as a testament to the book’s ethos of increasing visibility of non-WEIRD PYD research and scholars. The Handbook is a tremendous ambitious collective product that raises the voice and advances the research in PYD in both WEIRD and non-WEIRD societies.” (Delia Stefenel and Mădălina Mirea, Research and Science Journal, Vol. 22 (2), 2021)
ISBN: 9783030702618
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1503g
659 pages
1st ed. 2021