Well-Being of Youth and Emerging Adults across Cultures Novel Approaches and Findings from Europe, Asia, Africa and America

Title:

ISBN:

9783319683638

Edition:

1st ed. 2017.

Publication Information New:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.

Physical Description:

XXIV, 314 p. 14 illus. online resource.

Series:

Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, 12

Contents:

Foreword; Jeffrey Arnett -- Part I. Well-Being of Youth and Emerging Adults from Indigenous Populations -- Chapter 1. Developmental and Cross-Cultural Considerations in the Study of Well-Being among Young People; Mariya Petrova and Seth Schwartz.- Chapter 2. The Contribution of Religiosity and Optimism on Well-Being of Youth and Emerging Adults in Italy; Cristiano Inguglia, Pasquale Musso, Nicolò Maria Iannello and Alida Lo Coco.- Chapter 3. Positive Youth Development in China; Bin-Bin Chen, Xixi Ling and Ning Chen -- Chapter 4. Different Pathway to Adulthood?: Relationships between Identity Formation and Positive Psychological Outcomes in Japanese Adolescents and Emerging Adults; Kazumi Sugimura, Kai Hatano and Shinichi Mizokami.- Chapter 5. The Relationship between Well-Being and Value Priorities as well as Intersubjective Norms among Emerging Adults in South Africa; Byron G. Adams, Ronald Fischer and Amina Abubakar -- Chapter 6. Thriving and Contribution among Emerging Adults in Ghana; Nora Wiium.- Chapter 7. Positive Affect and the Experience of Meaning in Life among Romanian Emerging Adults; Carmen Buzea and Radosveta Dimitrova -- Chapter 8. Goal Orientation Profiles and Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents in Greece; Stefanos Mastrotheodoros, Michael Talias and Frosso Motti-Stefanidi -- Part II. Well-Being of Youth and Emerging Adults from Ethnic Minority and Immigrant Populations.- Chapter 9. Intersectionality and Well-Being among Racial/Ethnic Minority & LGB Youth/Adolescents: Extended Family Members as Support against Negative Parental Reactions to Coming Out; Jose-Michael Gonzalez, Katerina Sinclair, Anthony R. D'Augelli and Arnold Grossman -- Chapter 10. Positive Affect and School Related Outcomes: Feeling Good Facilitates School Engagement among Turkish-Bulgarian Minority Adolescents; Arzu-Aydinli-Karakulak, Ayben Baylar, Seray Çağla Keleş and Radosveta Dimitrova -- Chapter 11. Only Real When Shared: Social Well-Being, Collective Efficacy, and Social Networks among Immigrant Emerging Adults in Spain; Magdalena Bobowik, Nekane Basabe and Anna Wlodarczyk -- Chapter 12. Overall and Contextually-Bound Well-Being: Life Satisfaction of Romanian Migrant Emerging Adults as the Outcome of a Mediated Association Acculturation-Adaptation; Adrian Stanciu.- Chapter 13. Collective Identity Resources for Positive Well-Being among Turkish-Bulgarian and Muslim-Bulgarian Minority Adolescents in Bulgaria; Radosveta Dimitrova, Athanasios Chasiotis, Michael Bender and Fons J. R. van de Vijver.- Chapter 14. Positive Youth Development among Young Chinese Migrants: The Protective Roles of Future Orientation and Social Support; Shaobing Su, Haiying and Danhua Lin.- Part III. Well-Being of Youth and Emerging Adults in a Comparative Perspective.- Chapter 15. Relationships between Religiousness and Life Satisfaction among Emerging Adults in Mexico and Nicaragua; Radosveta Dimitrova and Alejandra del Carmen Domínguez Espinosa.- Chapter 16. Parenting and Positive Adjustment for Adolescents in Nine Countries; Jennifer E. Lansford, Suha M. Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini, Marc H. Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A. Dodge, Patrick S. Malone, Paul Oburu, Ann T. Skinner, Concetta Pastorelli, Emma Sorbring, Laurence Steinberg, Grace Icenogle, Sombat Tapanya, Liane Peña Alampay, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado and Arnaldo Zelli.- Chapter 17. Measurement Invariance of the Satisfaction with Love Life Scale among Emerging Adults in Angola, Brazil, East Timor, Macao, and Portugal; Felix Neto and Radosveta Dimitrova.- Chapter 18. Is There a Paradox of Adaptation in Immigrant Children and Youth across Europe? A Literature Review; Radosveta Dimitrova, Sevgi Bayram Özdemir, Diana Farcas, Marianna Kosic, Stefanos Mastrotheodoros5, Justyna Michalek and Delia Stefenel.- Chapter 19. Contextualized Positive Youth Development: A SWOT Analysis; Fons van de Vijver.

Abstract:

The current volume presents new empirical data on well-being of youth and emerging adults from a global international perspective. Its outstanding features are the focus on vast geographical regions (e.g., Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America), and on strengths and resources for optimal well-being. The international and multidisciplinary contributions address the complexities of young people's life in a variety of cultural settings to explore how key developmental processes such as identity, religiosity and optimism, social networks, and social interaction in families and society at large promote optimal and successful adaptation. The volume draws on core theoretical models of human development to highlight the applicability of these frameworks to culturally diverse youth and emerging adults as well as universalities and cultural specifics in optimal outcomes. With its innovative and cutting-edge approaches to cultural, theoretical and methodological issues, the book offers up-to-date evidence and insights for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in the fields of cross-cultural psychology, developmental science, human development, sociology, and social work.

Subject Term:

Positive psychology.

Emigration and immigration.

Cross-Cultural Psychology.

Added Author:

Dimitrova, Radosveta.