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Innovative Approaches from the Psychology of Social Development
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This book presents the results of researches conducted with children and youth at risk for over 20 years in Brazil. It addresses a series of topics related to children and youth living in poverty or in situations of social vulnerability, such as family, sexual and dating violence; adolescent mothers and mothers who put their children for adoption; children and youth living in foster and institutional care; and adolescents involved in drug trafficking or incarcerated in juvenile detention centers.

Building upon the Bioecological Theory of Human Development, this volume emphasizes the innovative knowledge about psychosocial development of vulnerable children and youth produced in Brazil and aims to present theoretical and methodological approaches developed especially for the countries of the Global South, in an attempt to overcome the scientific divide between the North and South. Northern research agenda defines as global the theories, methodologies, and application of knowledge on social policies and interventions. However, the contexts, histories, and cultural processes are essential for producing and applying research knowledge according to specific regional characteristics, organizations, and conditions. Human development is related to contextual features and cannot be directly imported from one place to another.

Departing from these original theoretical and methodological approaches, the book also presents the results of evidence-based interventions, showing its effectiveness in specific contexts. All of this makes Vulnerable Children and Youth in Brazil - Innovative Approaches from the Psychology of Social Development a valuable tool for psychologists, educators, social scientists and public health professionals studying or working with children and youth at risk in different parts of the world, contributing to the understanding of human development in cultural context.


Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction: Studying Human Development in situations of vulnerability in BrazilPart I - Contexts of violenceChapter 2: Intrafamily violence: a study on vulnerability and resilienceChapter 3: Methodological aspects of research on violence against adolescents in Brazilian public schoolsChapter 4: Theoretical-methodological aspects of research on violence in adolescent dating relationshipsChapter 5: Researches on the disclosure of sexual violence: ethical and methodological pathsChapter 6: An integrative conceptual model for enhanced understanding of the dynamics of sexual violence against childrenChapter 7: Prejudice and empathy in children and adolescents in situations of social vulnerability: proposition of interventionsPart II - Risk and protective factorsChapter 8: Protective factors for the development of adolescents with DM1: an interface between Positive Psychology and Health PsychologyChapter 9: Youth positive development through sport: strategies from social projects coaches in Brazil and SpainChapter 10: Emerging adulthood in Brazil: socioeconomic influences and methodological issues in the study of young adultsPart III - Vulnerability in mother-infant relationsChapter 11: Longitudinal adolescent mother-infant interaction: how do they happen within vulnerable backgrounds?Chapter 12: Ensuring the rights of birthmothers to place their children for adoptionPart IV - Institutional careChapter 13: Children's perceptions of relational and educational practices at shelter institutionsChapter 14: The use of visual methods and reflexive interviews in the research with children living in foster care Chapter 15: Social images of children in care, their families and residential care institutions Part V - Conflicts with the lawChapter 16: The applicability of hidden resilience in the lives of adolescents involved in drug traffickingChapter 17: Systematization of recording in field diary: a case of a research in Brazilian juvenile detention centers


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ISBN-13: 9783319650326
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
Publication date: November, 2017
Pages: 408
Weight: 5738g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Public Health

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