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Title Cultural and contextual perspectives on developmental risk and well-being / edited by Jacob A. Burack, McGill University, Louis A. Schmidt, McMaster University.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 295 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge and development : the Jean Piaget symposium series ; 39
Interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge and development ; 39.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introductory Remarks: Cultural and Contextual Perspectives on Developmental Risk and Well-Being; Risk and Well-being within the Discipline of Developmental Psychopathology; Overview of the Volume; Part I Cultural Perspectives on Developmental Risk and Well-Being; 2 Using Multicultural Research to Expand the Scope of Developmental Psychopathology; Empirically Based Efforts to Identify Syndromes.
Developmental PsychopathologyEmpirically Based Assessment and Taxonomy of Psychopathology; Cross-Informant Challenges; Meeting the Challenges of Empirically Based Assessment; DSM-Oriented Scales; Multicultural Research; Comparing Many Populations; Comparing Distributions of Scores; Meta-Analytic Framework; Emic and Etic Research; Using Multicultural Research to Expand the Scope of Developmental Psychopathology; Patterning of Problem Scores in Different Societies; Societal Differences in Mean Scale Scores; Distributions of Scale Scores in Different Societies; Gender Effects Across Societies.
Age-by-Gender Interactions Across SocietiesCross-Informant Findings in Different Societies; Multicultural Norms; Applying Multicultural Norms for Natives of a Society; Applying Multicultural Norms for Immigrants; Assessment of Parents and Other Adults; Summary and Conclusions; References; 3 Cultural Perspectives on Shyness-Inhibition; Shyness-Inhibition: Conceptual Issues; Cultural Values and Shyness-Inhibition: A Contextual-Developmental Perspective; The Display of Shyness-Inhibition among Children across Cultures; Culturally Directed Parent and Peer Attitudes and Responses.
Shyness-Inhibition and Adjustment from a Cultural PerspectiveConcurrent Relations Between Shyness-Inhibition and Adjustment; Developmental Outcomes of Shyness-Inhibition; Future Directions; References; 4 A Sociocultural Analysis of High-Risk Native American Children in Schools; Risk and Resilience Factors Influencing Native American Students; Risk and Resilience Factors Beyond Educational Contexts; Risk and Resilience Factors Within Educational Contexts; Rethinking High-Risk Native American Children; Conclusion; References.
5 Developmental Perspectives on the Role of Cultural Identity in Well-Being: Evidence from Aboriginal Communities in CanadaA Brief History of Canada's Aboriginal Peoples; A Developmental Framework on Risk and Well-Being; Developmental Perspectives on Cultural Identity; Summary; References; Part II Contextual Perspectives on Developmental Risk and Well-Being; 6 Peer Victimization: Understanding the Developmental Correlates of At-Risk Children and Youth; Developmental Patterns of Peer Victimization; Peer Victimization and Ethnicity; Peer Victimization and Mental Health.
Note Peer Victimization and Biological Functioning.
Summary Providing insight into developmental well-being, this volume examines outcomes of various types of risk in relation to culture and context.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Developmental psychology.
Developmental psychology.
Well-being.
Well-being.
Developmental psychology -- Social aspects.
Developmental psychology -- Social aspects.
Well-being -- Social aspects.
Social aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Burack, Jacob A., editor.
Schmidt, Louis A., editor.
Other Form: Print version: Cultural and contextual perspectives on developmental risk and well-being. New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014 9781107008854 (DLC) 2014001776 (OCoLC)881138978
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