Multicultural Perspectives in Working with Families
Multicultural Perspectives in Working with Families

Author: Elaine Congress, DSW, MSW

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Published: 2005-04-15

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 0826131468

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In second edition, social work and mental health students and practitioners across the full spectrum of social service settings gain essential knowledge into cutting edge issues in the assessment and treatment of families from diverse cultural backgrounds. Fully revised, with a full third of the book completely rewritten and each chapter significantly updated, the editors bring together the latest in multicultural family research and new and improved macro and micro ways of understanding and respecting the needs of new immigrants and diverse populations. Included is an important revision of Dr. Congress's essential assessment technique, the culturagram. New and updated chapters provide evidence-based and specialized perspectives, including: Handling post 9/11 complications for immigrants and refugees culturally sensitive treatment ideas for Arab-American families Working from an Afrocentric perspective Understanding the needs of the new Russian, Asian, and Hispanic immigrants Helping diverse HIV-affected families Impact of ethnicity on incest treatments Suicide attempts with adolescents Importance of spirituality

Conditions for Optimal Development in Adolescence
Conditions for Optimal Development in Adolescence

Author: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2017-09-29

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 1135065640

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Published in 2001, Conditions for Optimal Development in Adolescence is a valuable contribution to the field of Developmental Psychology.

The Relationship Between Family Structure and Adolescent Substance Use
The Relationship Between Family Structure and Adolescent Substance Use

Author: Robert A. Johnson

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1997-07

Total Pages: 119

ISBN-13: 0788145983

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This study uses data from approximately 22,000 respondents to the 1991, 1992, and 1993 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. Particular topics explored include: the particular family types that are most highly associated with adolescent substance use, dependence, and the need for treatment; the interaction between gender, race, ethnicity and family structure in substance abuse; the effects of family structure on type and pattern of substance use; and the effect of the gender of the custodial parent on the risk of substance use. Tables, references, and a technical appendix.

Adolescents and Their Families
Adolescents and Their Families

Author: Richard M. Lerner

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-02

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 131784274X

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First published in 1999. The adolescent period is marked by changes in the biological, psychological, cognitive, and social dimensions of the individual, as well as by changes in the adolescents' multilevel context (i.e., the peers, family, school, and other institutions in his or her ecology). Adolescence is a dynamic period, one which exemplifies the importance of understanding the relations between the developing individual and his or her changing context. The articles included in this volume represent the current range of scholarship pertaining to adolescents and their families, and exemplify the use of such an approach. The articles underscore the continual importance of the family across adolescence.

The New Single Woman
The New Single Woman

Author: Ellen Kay Trimberger

Publisher: Beacon Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780807065228

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"In this watershed book, E. Kay Trimberger tackles one of the largest social phenomena of our times: the increasing number of single women over thirty-five. Drawing on the diverse personal stories of long-term single women, including herself, Trimberger explodes the idea that fulfillment comes only through finding a soul mate. Instead, she presents an exciting new identity possible for women in the twenty-first century: the new single woman. The new single woman rejects the cultural pressure to couple and unabashedly lives a fulfilling single life, one where she is not on her own, not defined primarily by self-reliance but by her skills at creating friendships and her ability to link networks of friends into a community. Trimberger's analysis opens up new alternatives for the "good life" and speaks to the anxieties of single women in their twenties and early thirties."--BOOK JACKET.