Pathways of Human Development Explorations of Change

by Mancini, Jay A.; Roberto, Karen A.; Bowen, Gary L.; Chuang, Susan; Dolbin-MacNab, Megan L.; Dunsmore, Julie C.; Edwards, Rosalind; Few, April L.; Gilligan, Robbie; Halberstadt, Amy G.; Holland, Janet; Huebner, Angela J.; Kim, Kee Jeong; Kuczynski, Leon; L

• ISBN13: 9780739136867
• ISBN10: 0739136860
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-20
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Pathways of Human Development uses theoretical perspectives from development, social, and behavioral sciences to examine the ways that individuals, families, and communities intersect and interface. Focusing on the impact of change on human development, including its antecedents, processes, and consequences, the chapters examine a range of topics such as health and adaptation; social anxiety disorder; protective factors and risk behaviors; parent-child relationships; adolescent sexuality; intergenerational relationships; family stress and adaptation; and community resilience. By extending human development theory across these pivotal life-changing issues, this volume offers a comprehensive map of the trajectories of development among individuals, families, and communities. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Jay A. Mancini is senior research fellow, Institute for Society, Culture and Environment, and professor of human development at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Karen A. Roberto is director of the Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment and the Center for Gerontology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Human Development, Contexts, and Change
A Roadmap for Understanding Human Development, Contexts, and Change	p. 3
Individuals, Challenges, and Trajectories
Positive Turning Points in the Dynamics of Change over the Life Course	p. 15
"We Lost Touch of Who Each Other Was": Swift Transformations in Close Relationships	p. 35
Change and Continuity in Young People's Lives: Biography in Context	p. 53
African American Female Adolescent Sexuality: Creating Change Using an Ecological-Womanist Lens	p. 75
Social Anxiety Disorder in Youth: An Ecological-Developmental Perspective	p. 95
Risk and Protective Factors for Drug Use among American Youth	p. 113
Placing Developmental Paradigms in Context: Health and Adaptation in Late Life	p. 127
Families, Relationships, and Transitions
Dialectics and Transactional Models: Conceptualizing Antecedents, Processes, and Consequences of Change in Parent-Child Relationships	p. 151
The Dynamic Cultural Context of Emotion Socialization	p. 171
Transformation and Change: Parenting in Chinese Societies	p. 191
Becoming a Parent Again: An Exploration of Transformation Among Grandparents Raising Grandchildren	p. 207
Exploring Processes of Family Stress and Adaptation: An Expanded Model	p. 227
Society, Systems, and Interventions
Community Resilience: A Social Organization Theory of Action and Change	p. 245
The Dynamics of Families, Social Capital, and Social Change: A Critical Case Study	p. 267
Psychosocial Impact of Illness: A Transformative Experience	p. 291
Toward an Integrative Theory of Care: Formal and Informal Intersections	p. 307
From Welfare to Well-Being: Turning Things Around Among Homeless Veterans	p. 327
Theorizing Human Development and Change
Theorizing about Human Development: Identifying Antecedents, Processes, and Consequences of Change	p. 349
Index	p. 367
About the Contributors	p. 391
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