Youth Resilience and Culture: Commonalities and Complexities (Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology Book 11)

"Until researchers and theorists account for the complex relationship between resilience and culture, explanations of why some individuals prevail in the face of adversity will remain incomplete. This edited volume addresses this crucial issue by bringing together emerging discussions of the ways in which culture shapes resilience, the theory that informs these various studies, and important considerations for researchers as they continue to investigate resilience. Using research from majority and minority world contexts, 'Youth Resilience and Culture: Commonalities and Complexities' highlights that non-stereotypical, critical appreciation of the cultural systems in which youth are embedded, and/or affiliate with, is pivotal to understanding why particular resilience processes matter for particular youth in a particular life-world at a particular point in time. In doing so, this book sensitizes readers to the importance of accounting for the influence of cultural contexts on resilience processes, and to the danger of conceptualising and/or operationalising resilience, culture, and their interplay, simplistically or idealistically. In short, the progressive contents of 'Youth Resilience and Culture: Commonalities and Complexities' make it an essential read for resilience-focused scholars, students, academics, and researchers, as well as policy makers, practitioners, and humanitarian workers engaged with high-risk populations." -- Prové de l'editor Front Matter....Pages i-xx Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Pathways to Resilience in Context....Pages 3-22 Understanding Cultural Contexts and Their Relationship to Resilience Processes....Pages 23-36 Resilience and Culture: The Diversity of Protective Processes and Positive Adaptation....Pages 37-48 Front Matter....Pages 49-49 Cultural Pathways to Resilience: Opportunities and Obstacles as Recalled by Black South African Students....Pages 51-65 Resilience Among Zimbabwean Youths with Orphanhood....Pages 67-79 The Interaction Between Culture, Resilience, Risks and Outcomes: A New Zealand Study....Pages 81-92 Cultural Pathways to Resilience: Informal Social Support of At-Risk Youth in China....Pages 93-104 “It’s Just Part of My Culture”: Understanding Language and Land in the Resilience Processes of Aboriginal Youth....Pages 105-116 Stigma, Stereotypes and Resilience Identities: The Relationship Between Identity Processes and Resilience Processes Among Black American Adolescents....Pages 117-129 White Out: The Invisibility of White North American Culture and Resilience Processes....Pages 131-141 Deaf Culture and Youth Resilience in Diverse American Communities....Pages 143-155 Barriers to Resilience Processes: Understanding the Experiences and Challenges of Former Child Soldiers Integrating into Canadian Society....Pages 157-169 Effects of Microcultural Environments of Violence on Resilient Responses Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the City of Itagui, Colombia....Pages 171-186 Front Matter....Pages 187-187 The Value of Keeping an Open Eye for Methodological Issues in Research on Resilience and Culture....Pages 189-201 Innovative Qualitative Explorations of Culture and Resilience....Pages 203-215 Ethical Principles in Resilience Research: Respect, Relevance, Reciprocity and Responsibility....Pages 217-229 Front Matter....Pages 231-231 Culture and Resilience: Next Steps for Theory and Practice....Pages 233-244 Back Matter....Pages 245-250 "Until researchers and theorists account for the complex relationship between resilience and culture, explanations of why some individuals prevail in the face of adversity will remain incomplete. This edited volume addresses this crucial issue by bringing together emerging discussions of the ways in which culture shapes resilience, the theory that informs these various studies, and important considerations for researchers as they continue to investigate resilience. Using research from majority and minority world contexts, 'Youth Resilience and Culture: Commonalities and Complexities' highlights that non-stereotypical, critical appreciation of the cultural systems in which youth are embedded, and/or affiliate with, is pivotal to understanding why particular resilience processes matter for particular youth in a particular life-world at a particular point in time. In doing so, this book sensitizes readers to the importance of accounting for the influence of cultural contexts on resilience processes, and to the danger of conceptualising and/or operationalising resilience, culture, and their interplay, simplistically or idealistically. In short, the progressive contents of 'Youth Resilience and Culture: Commonalities and Complexities' make it an essential read for resilience-focused scholars, students, academics, and researchers, as well as policy makers, practitioners, and humanitarian workers engaged with high-risk populations." -- Prové de l'editor Until researchers and theorists account for the complex relationship between resilience and culture, explanations of why some individuals prevail in the face of adversity will remain incomplete. This edited volume addresses this crucial issue by bringing together emerging discussions of the ways in which culture shapes resilience, the theory that informs these various studies, and important considerations for researchers as they continue to investigate resilience. Using research from majority and minority world contexts, 'Youth Resilience and Culture: Commonalities and Complexities' highlights that non-stereotypical, critical appreciation of the cultural systems in which youth are embedded, and/or affiliate with, is pivotal to understanding why particular resilience processes matter for particular youth in a particular life-world at a particular point in time. In doing so, this book sensitizes readers to the importance of accounting for the influence of cultural contexts on resilience processes, and to the danger of conceptualising and/or operationalising resilience, culture, and their interplay, simplistically or idealistically. In short, the progressive contents of 'Youth Resilience and Culture: Commonalities and Complexities' make it an essential read for resilience-focused scholars, students, academics, and researchers, as well as policy makers, practitioners, and humanitarian workers engaged with high-risk populations. (fonte: editore)