International Handbook of Psychological Well-Being in Children and Adolescents (eBook)
XXIV, 336 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-1-4939-2833-0 (ISBN)
This handbook addresses universal developmental and cultural factors contributing to child and adolescent mental health and well-being across the globe. It examines sociocultural contexts of development and identifies children's and adolescents' perspectives as critical to understanding and promoting their psychological well-being. It details the Promoting Psychological Well-Being Globally project's methodology for data collection and analysis, provides cross-cultural analyses of its findings, and offers a practical model for clinicians and other professionals seeking to apply this knowledge to real-life settings.
Featured topics include:
- Sexual health, gender roles, and psychological well-being in India.
- Psychological well-being as a new educational boundary in Italy.
- Mapping psychological well-being in Romania.
- Youth perspectives on contributing factors to psychological well-being in Sri Lanka.
- Culturally specific res
The International Handbook of Psychological Well-Being in Children and Adolescents: Bridging the Gaps Between Theory, Research, and Practice is an invaluable resources for researchers, clinicians, scientist-practitioners, and graduate students in child and school psychology, social work, public health, positive psychology, educational policy and politics, and maternal and child health.
Bonnie Kaul Nastasi, Ph.D. (Kent State University, 1986, School Psychology & Early Childhood Education), is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, School of Science and Engineering, at Tulane University, and co-directs the Trauma Specialization in School Psychology at Tulane. Dr. Nastasi's research focuses on the use of mixed methods designs to develop and evaluate culturally appropriate assessment and intervention approaches for promoting mental health and reducing health risks such as sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV, both within the US and internationally. She directed a multi-country study of psychological well-being of children and adolescents with research partners in 12 countries from 2008-2013, which forms the basis of this book. She has worked in Sri Lanka since 1995 on development of school-based programs to promote psychological well-being and conducted programming in the Southern province of Sri Lanka following the December 2004 tsunami. She
was one of the principal investigators of an interdisciplinary public health research program to prevent STIs among married men and women living in the slums of Mumbai, India, from 2002-2013. She is active in promotion of child rights and social justice within the profession of school psychology and has directed the development of a curriculum for training school psychologists internationally on child rights, a joint effort of International School Psychology Association (ISPA), International Institute of Child Rights & Development (IICRD), Division 16 of the American Psychological Association (APA), and Tulane University's School Psychology Program. Dr. Nastasi is an Associate of the IICRD since 2011; a past-president of APA's Division 16; 2013-2014 Co-Chair of APA's Committee on International Relations in Psychology; Chair of ISPA's Professional Development and Practices Committee; and President-elect of ISPA.Amanda P. Borja, M. S.
(Tulane University, Ps
ychology, 2012; Mercy College, Urban Education, 2007), is a School Psychology doctoral candidate at Tulane University. She received her B. A. from Binghamton University in 2005, and was a special education teacher in New York City for four years. Her research interests have focused on phenomenology about stress, coping, and psychological well-being among teachers and children in international contexts. Her work has contributed to the continued development, analysis of local and cross-site data, and dissemination of Dr. Nastasi's Promoting Psychological Well-Being Globally project.This handbook addresses universal developmental and cultural factors contributing to child and adolescent mental health and well-being across the globe. It examines sociocultural contexts of development and identifies children's and adolescents' perspectives as critical to understanding and promoting their psychological well-being. It details the Promoting Psychological Well-Being Globally project's methodology for data collection and analysis, provides cross-cultural analyses of its findings, and offers a practical model for clinicians and other professionals seeking to apply this knowledge to real-life settings.Featured topics include: Sexual health, gender roles, and psychological well-being in India.Psychological well-being as a new educational boundary in Italy.Mapping psychological well-being in Romania.Youth perspectives on contributing factors to psychological well-being in Sri Lanka.Culturally specific resilience and vulnerability in Tanzania.Longing for a balanced life - the voices of Chinese-American/immigrant youth in the United States.The International Handbook of Psychological Well-Being in Children and Adolescents: Bridging the Gaps Between Theory, Research, and Practice is an invaluable resources for researchers, clinicians, scientist-practitioners, and graduate students in child and school psychology, social work, public health, positive psychology, educational policy and politics, and maternal and child health.
Bonnie Kaul Nastasi, Ph.D. (Kent State University, 1986, School Psychology & Early Childhood Education), is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, School of Science and Engineering, at Tulane University, and co-directs the Trauma Specialization in School Psychology at Tulane. Dr. Nastasi’s research focuses on the use of mixed methods designs to develop and evaluate culturally appropriate assessment and intervention approaches for promoting mental health and reducing health risks such as sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV, both within the US and internationally. She directed a multi-country study of psychological well-being of children and adolescents with research partners in 12 countries from 2008-2013, which forms the basis of this book. She has worked in Sri Lanka since 1995 on development of school-based programs to promote psychological well-being and conducted programming in the Southern province of Sri Lanka following the December 2004 tsunami. She was one of the principal investigators of an interdisciplinary public health research program to prevent STIs among married men and women living in the slums of Mumbai, India, from 2002-2013. She is active in promotion of child rights and social justice within the profession of school psychology and has directed the development of a curriculum for training school psychologists internationally on child rights, a joint effort of International School Psychology Association (ISPA), International Institute of Child Rights & Development (IICRD), Division 16 of the American Psychological Association (APA), and Tulane University’s School Psychology Program. Dr. Nastasi is an Associate of the IICRD since 2011; a past-president of APA’s Division 16; 2013-2014 Co-Chair of APA’s Committee on International Relations in Psychology; Chair of ISPA’s Professional Development and Practices Committee; and President-elect of ISPA.Amanda P. Borja, M. S.(Tulane University, Psychology, 2012; Mercy College, Urban Education, 2007), is a School Psychology doctoral candidate at Tulane University. She received her B. A. from Binghamton University in 2005, and was a special education teacher in New York City for four years. Her research interests have focused on phenomenology about stress, coping, and psychological well-being among teachers and children in international contexts. Her work has contributed to the continued development, analysis of local and cross-site data, and dissemination of Dr. Nastasi’s Promoting Psychological Well-Being Globally project.
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Psychological Well-Being Project.- Chapter 3. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Brazil.- Chapter 4. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Estonia.- Chapter 5. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Greece.- Chapter 6. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Mumbai, India.- Chapter 7. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Chandigarh, India.- Chapter 8. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Italy.- Chapter 9. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Mexico.- Chapter 10. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Puerto Rico.- Chapter 11. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Romania.- Chapter 12. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Russia (Samara).- Chapter 13. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Slovakia.- Chapter 14. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Sri Lanka.- Chapter 15. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being in Tanzania, East Africa.- Chapter 16. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being Among Chinese Americans in Boston, MA, USA.- Chapter 17. Child and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being Among African Americans in New Orleans, LA, USA.- Chapter 18. Universal and Unique Perspectives on Psychological Well-Being: Influence of Culture and Context.- Chapter 19. Children’s Voices and Child Rights.- Chapter 20. Facilitating Children’s Psychological Well-Being: Practitioner’s Model.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.9.2015 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XXIV, 335 p. 25 illus., 7 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Schlagworte | Child and adolescent well-being in Brazil • Child and adolescent well-being in Chandigarh, India • Child and adolescent well-being in Estonia • Child and adolescent well-being in Greece • Child and adolescent well-being in Italy • Child and adolescent well-being in Mexico • Child and adolescent well-being in Mumbai, India • Child and adolescent well-being in Puerto Rico • Child and adolescent well-being in Romania • Child and adolescent well-being in Russia (Samara) • Child and adolescent well-being in Slovakia • Child and adolescent well-being in Sri Lanka • Child and adolescent well-being in Tanzania, East Africa • Child well-being among African Americans in New Orleans • Child well-being among Chinese Americans in Boston • International child rights • International School Psychology Association • Psychological well-being in children and adolescents • UN Convention on the Rights of Children • World Health Organization and children’s rights |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4939-2833-3 / 1493928333 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4939-2833-0 / 9781493928330 |
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