Researching Resilience

by Liebenberg, Linda

• ISBN13: 9780802092687
• ISBN10: 0802092683
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-10
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

While categorization has always been one of the primary focuses of the social sciences, recent trends within these disciplines have tended to categorize various behaviours as disorders. Researching Resilience challenges this tendency to pathologize, and marks a profound shift in research methods from the study of disorder to the study of well-being.This collection assembles qualitative and quantitative studies from a diverse group of scholars and disciplines, stressing the importance of studying the strength and resilience of youth who are faced with adversity. Working with youth in a variety of cultures and contexts, the contributors provide critically astute analyses of existing scholarship as well as rigorous methods for conducting resilience research in less Eurocentric and more culturally sensitive ways.An important collection, Researching Resilience is unique in approaching interventions with youth specifically from the point of view of research methods and challenges.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Author Biographies	p. ix
Overview
Introduction: The Challenges in Researching Resilience	p. 3
The Ethical Conduct of Research Involving Children in International Settings	p. 26
Qualitative Research
Participatory Action Research	p. 77
Not Just the Master Discourse: A Case for Holistic Case Studies of Youth Resilience	p. 103
Visual Methods when Working with Youth across Cultures	p. 129
Quantitative Research
Cross-Cultural Resilience Research on Youth: Avoiding Methodological Hazards	p. 155
Use of Meta-analysis to Study Resilience Factors: An Exemplar	p. 180
Mixed Methods
Using Mixed Methods to Understand Youth Resilience	p. 201
Constructing Syntheses: Striving for Convergent Methods for Investigating Youth in Diverse Cultures	p. 225
Application Of Methods
Playing Catch-Up: Evaluating a Mathematics Intervention for Disadvantaged Learners in South Africa	p. 247
A Sample Research Proposal for a Mixed-Methods Investigation of Resilience: The Pathways to Resilience Project	p. 271
Youth Resilience Research and the Transformative Paradigm	p. 297
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