Positive Youth Development in Global Contexts of Social and Economic Change

Framing the Issues 1. Rainer Silbereisen: Dealing with uncertainty of life under threat of social and political change 2. Jennifer Lansford: Socioeconomic status, parenting, and positive youth development in global perspective Positive Youth Development in Diverse Contexts during Economic Change 3. Marlis Buchmann & Stephanie Bundel: The Role of the Great Recession for the Quality of Labor Market Entry in Switzerland: Societal Climate, Job Opportunities and Young People's Social Resources 4. Ingrid Schoon: Making It Against the Odds: Diverse Strategies and Successful Adaptation 5. Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, William Schneider, Jane Waldfogel: Growing up in troubled economic times: Parents and Youth 6. Katariina Samela-Aro et al: Young People and the Great Recession in Finland: Cynical Generation? 7. Frosso Motti: Youth Adaptation during the Current Great Economic Recession in Greece: Risks and Resilience 8. Manuel Voelke: A New Perspective on Three Old Methodological Issues: The Role of Time, Missing Values, and Cohorts in Longitudinal Models of Youth Development 9. Amina Abubakar, Arzu Aydnili, Jia He: Social connectedness and its association with psychological well-being of youth across cultural context. 10. Hamilton, Stephen, Mary Agnes Hamilton, M. Loreto Martinez, David L. DuBois, Patricio Cumsille, Bernadine Brady, Pat Dolan, Susana Nunez Rodriguez, & Deborah E. Seller:. Youth-Adult Relationships as Assets for Youth: Promoting Positive Development in Stressful Times. 11. Radosveta Dimitrova, Amina Abubakar, Iva Polackova, Delia Stefenel, Fitim Uka & Skerdi Zahaj: Identity Resources for Positive Adaptation of Roma Ethnic Minority Youth in Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Kosovo and Romania Interventions to Support and Promote Positive Adaptation and Development 12. Emily J. Ozer, Margarida Gaspar de Matos, Ingrid Holsen, & Elizabeth M. Ozer: Innovative Approaches to Promoting PYD in Diverse Contexts: Novel Applications of Participatory Research and New Technologies 13. Alice Wuermli & Hiro Yoshikawa: Dual-Generation Approaches to Address Adolescent Motherhood and Human Development in the Context of Economic Downturns and Poverty in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 14. Juliana da Rosa Pureza, Carolina Lisboa, Angela Helena Marin: The development of an intervention based on positive psychology for children involved in bullying Research, Interventions, and Policy Needs 15. Christiane Spiel: Lessons Learned for Policy Impact from Research and Interventions 16. Suman Verma: Inequality, Interventions, and Social Policy 17. Co-Editors: Conclusions about PYD Research, Interventions, and Policy