Political Violence, Armed Conflict, and Youth Adjustment : A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on Research and Intervention

This book reviews and critiques the growing literature on youth development under conditions of political violence and armed conflict. It presents a robust framework, based in developmental psychopathology, for evaluating current research on this topic for strength of design, methodology, and documentation. Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies from diverse regions and conflicts as well as across disciplines examine risks and challenges as well as resilience and coping as youth develop in unstable and threatening environments. In addition, this book provides strategies for designing and implementing prevention and intervention programs as well as further opportunities for expanding applied research for youth exposed to political violence and armed conflict. Topics featured in this book include: * Analysis of major research on youths’ normative and pathological development during political violence and war. * Guidelines for assessing research studies on the impact of political violence and armed conflict on youth. * The effects of social ecology factors (e.g., family, school, and community) on youth functioning. * Post-traumatic stress disorder. * Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. __Political Violence, Armed Conflict, and Youth Adjustment__ is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, clinicians/professionals, and graduate students in the fields of child and school psychology, family studies, and public health as well as developmental psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, political science, anthropology, social and peace psychology, sociology, and ethnic studies. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Political Violence, Armed Conflict, and Youth Adjustment: A Worldwide Perspective....Pages 1-6 Developmental Psychopathology as a Guiding Model....Pages 7-10 A Framework: Review of Research from a Developmental Psychopathology Perspective....Pages 11-15 Tier 1 Studies: Documenting the Impact on Youth....Pages 17-33 Tier 2: Cross-Sectional Studies of Mediators, Process-Oriented Moderators, and Social-Ecological Contexts....Pages 35-55 Tier 3: Longitudinal Studies of Mediators, Moderators, and Multiple Social-Ecological Levels....Pages 57-79 Tier 4: Prevention and Intervention Research....Pages 81-96 A Vision for Future Research from a Developmental Psychopathology Perspective....Pages 97-106 Conclusion....Pages 107-110 Back Matter....Pages 111-115