EAN: 9783319515823

POLITICAL VIOLENCE ARMED CONFLICT AND YOUTH ADJ...

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.

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