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Preventing youth violence in a multicultural society
Title
Preventing youth violence in a multicultural society [electronic resource] / edited by Nancy G. Guerra and Emilie Phillips Smith.
ISBN
1591473276 (print)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2006.
Physical Description
xi, 310 p. ; 27 cm.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement.
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Summary
"Preventing Youth Violence in a Multicultural Society highlights the importance of creating culturally compatible interventions to stop violence among the youngest members of diverse populations. Chapters explore how ethnicity and culture can increase or decrease risk for violence among youth depending on contextual factors such as a disadvantaged upbringing, exposure to trauma, and acculturation status. Authors focus on the interaction between environmental conditions and the individual risk factors that foster youth violence. They begin by examining risk factors common to all groups of youth, such as feeling alienated from mainstream culture and searching for self-identity, and then focus on risk, resilience, and distinguishing factors among particular racial and ethnic groups, including Latino, African American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, American Indian, and White youth. The authors recommend interventions tailored to each group and offer advice on how to incorporate cultural competence into more general youth violence prevention programs. The social-ecological approach taken in this volume emphasizes the learned nature of aggression and violence, and many of the recommended interventions involve changing the context in which violence is taught, therefore truly encouraging long-term violence prevention. This practical, empirically supported book serves as an important resource to all mental health practitioners working in the field of youth violence"--Jacket. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
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Also issued in print.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 03, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Introduction / Emilie Phillips Smith and Nancy G. Guerra
Understanding youth violence and prevention in context : the role of ethnicity and culture
Ethnicity, youth violence, and the ecology of development / Nancy G. Guerra and Kirk R. Williams
Ethnic identity, social group membership, and youth violence / Sabine E. French, Tia E. Kim, and Olivia Pillado
Youth violence, immigration, and acculturation / Ioakim Boutakidis, Nancy Guerra, and Fernando Soriano
Youth violence prevention among Latino youth / Brenda Mirabal-Colón and Carmen Noemi Velez
Youth violence prevention among Asian American and Pacific islander youth / Gregory Yee Mark, Linda A. Revilla, Thomas Tsutsumoto, and David Mayeda
Understanding American Indian youth violence and prevention / Samantha Hurst and Jack Laird
Preventing youth violence among African American youth : the socio-cultural context of risk and protective factors / Emilie Phillips Smith and La Mar Hasbrouck
Youth violence prevention among white youth / Robert Nash Parker and Louis Tuthill
Culturally-sensitive interventions to prevent youth violence / Joan C. Wright and Marc A. Zimmerman
What is cultural competence and how can it be incorporated into preventive interventions? / Cynthia Hudley and April Taylor
Preventing youth violence in a multicultural society : future directions / Nancy G. Guerra and Emilie Phillips Smith.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Violence - in adolescence.
Adolescent Behavior - psychology.
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